Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S270458AbTG1Toh (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Jul 2003 15:44:37 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S270479AbTG1Tog (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Jul 2003 15:44:36 -0400 Received: from maild.telia.com ([194.22.190.101]:33237 "EHLO maild.telia.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S270458AbTG1Toe (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Jul 2003 15:44:34 -0400 X-Original-Recipient: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org To: Nico Schottelius Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: psmouse: synaptics (2.6.0-test1|2) References: <20030728081832.GA453@schottelius.org> From: Peter Osterlund Date: 28 Jul 2003 21:13:49 +0200 In-Reply-To: <20030728081832.GA453@schottelius.org> Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1386 Lines: 35 Nico Schottelius writes: > My questions: > 3) how can I read /dev/misc/psaux in Linux 2.6 ? AFAIK, you can't. > 1) why are you implementing drivers in the kernel? Because the raw psaux device is no longer exposed to user space. > 2) what source of information do you use to program them? The synaptics touchpad interfacing guide. I think this link is still valid: http://www.synaptics.com/decaf/utilities/ACF126.pdf > 3.1) howto get gpm running? You have to hack gpm to add support for the 2.6 kernel driver. Until someone fixes gpm you have to use the "psmouse_noext=1" module option. > 3.2) is the patch mentioned for X implemented in X cvs? No, not currently. Aside from technical considerations, there is also a license problem, because the synaptics driver is GPL:ed, which is not compatible (I think) with the license used by XFree86. This means that all copyright holders for the synaptics driver need to agree to change the license, or their contributions have to be removed and reimplemented. -- Peter Osterlund - petero2@telia.com http://w1.894.telia.com/~u89404340 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/