Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261413AbUJZSPc (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Oct 2004 14:15:32 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261434AbUJZSMN (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Oct 2004 14:12:13 -0400 Received: from sd291.sivit.org ([194.146.225.122]:15260 "EHLO sd291.sivit.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261450AbUJZSFR (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Oct 2004 14:05:17 -0400 Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 20:09:32 +0200 From: Stelian Pop To: Dmitry Torokhov Cc: LKML , Vojtech Pavlik Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] Sonypi driver model & PM changes Message-ID: <20041026180932.GA17655@deep-space-9.dsnet> Reply-To: Stelian Pop Mail-Followup-To: Stelian Pop , Dmitry Torokhov , LKML , Vojtech Pavlik References: <20041026155639.42445.qmail@web81306.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041026155639.42445.qmail@web81306.mail.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1267 Lines: 34 On Tue, Oct 26, 2004 at 08:56:39AM -0700, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > If you want jogdial to continue generating BTN_MIDDLE and BTN_WHEEL > events then IMHO you should create 2 separate input devices - one > for jogdial and the other for FN-keys. That's what I thought too... > On the other hand I am not sure if it is handy as a ponter device - > I think scrolling is much more natural with the touchpad (but > remember I don't have the hardware) I don't have a touchpad, just a stick. And I use the jogdial to scroll quite often... > and it may be more convenient > to assign brand-new events to jogdial as well and then map it in > userspace (X) into something different, like volume control. In > this case you can continue having just one input device. > > Btw, you should probably drop conditional support for input layer > and always compile it in. Is CONFIG_INPUT now a requirement for the (at least i386) kernel ? If this is the case, I'll drop the conditional. Stelian. -- Stelian Pop - 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/