On Fri, 2006-01-06 at 17:16 +0100, Luca Bigliardi wrote: > On Fri, Jan 06, 2006 at 01:25 PM, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > > > Can the driver be informed when synaptics takes control of it btw ? > > Not currently. > > On x86 absolute mode is set on psmouse-base module initialization. > There's no config option here, if you build the kernel with psmouse and > you have a synaptics touchpad you can use it only in absolute mode > (mousedev takes care of a proper absolute to relative conversion). > > X driver opens event interface and check for ABS_X, ABS_Y, ABS_PRESSURE > and BTN_TOOL_FINGER bits with an ioctl. If success it hooks the device > with another ioctl to evdev.
Maybe it's time to suggest adding a specific one for switching.. Ben. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
