Re: synaptics compatibility patch for 2.6.15

2006-01-06 Thread Luca Bigliardi
On Sat, Jan 07, 2006 at 08:37 AM, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > Maybe it's time to suggest adding a specific one for switching.. Ok, i've contacted Peter Osterlund, the author of synaptics support in kernelspace and userspace. Waiting for its reply. luca -- Beware of programmers who carry s

Re: synaptics compatibility patch for 2.6.15

2006-01-06 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
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

Re: synaptics compatibility patch for 2.6.15

2006-01-06 Thread Luca Bigliardi
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

Re: synaptics compatibility patch for 2.6.15

2006-01-05 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
On Fri, 2006-01-06 at 01:39 +0100, Luca Bigliardi wrote: > On Fri, Jan 06, 2006 at 09:59 AM, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > > > As I said previously, you should look into not making that a config > > option but rather a runtime option. > > I know, i've also quoted your mail in the readme file as

Re: synaptics compatibility patch for 2.6.15

2006-01-05 Thread Luca Bigliardi
On Fri, Jan 06, 2006 at 09:59 AM, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > As I said previously, you should look into not making that a config > option but rather a runtime option. I know, i've also quoted your mail in the readme file as a reminder. This is only an update written in a couple of minutes be

Re: synaptics compatibility patch for 2.6.15

2006-01-05 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
On Thu, 2006-01-05 at 17:16 +0100, Luca Bigliardi wrote: > Hi all, > i've just updated the patch for synaptics xfree/xorg support on adb > based trackpads. > > http://www.artha.org/shammash/ppc/adb_syn/ > > please test and let me know if it works. As I said previously, you should look into not m

synaptics compatibility patch for 2.6.15

2006-01-05 Thread Luca Bigliardi
Hi all, i've just updated the patch for synaptics xfree/xorg support on adb based trackpads. http://www.artha.org/shammash/ppc/adb_syn/ please test and let me know if it works. tia luca -- Beware of programmers who carry screwdrivers. -- Leonard Brandwein http://shamm