Re: [PATCH] Synaptics TouchPad driver for 2.5.70

From: Peter Osterlund (petero2@telia.com)
Date: Thu Jun 12 2003 - 14:11:42 EST

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"Joseph Fannin" <jhf@rivenstone.net> writes:

> On Wed, Jun 11, 2003 at 11:23:48PM +0200, Peter Osterlund wrote:
>
> > Here is a new patch that sends ABS_ events to user space. I haven't
> > modified the XFree86 driver to handle this format yet, but I used
> > /dev/input/event* to verify that the driver generates correct data.
>
> How well will GPM (for example) work with this?

GPM will need some changes to support the new ABS format, but I think
it will be quite easy to make those changes.

This driver will also make it possible to run GPM and the XFree86
driver simultaneously, something that didn't work before.

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Peter Osterlund - petero2@telia.com
http://w1.894.telia.com/~u89404340
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