Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261394AbVE3OJP (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 May 2005 10:09:15 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261601AbVE3OJP (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 May 2005 10:09:15 -0400 Received: from styx.suse.cz ([82.119.242.94]:32919 "EHLO mail.suse.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261394AbVE3OJL (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 May 2005 10:09:11 -0400 Date: Mon, 30 May 2005 16:09:02 +0200 From: Vojtech Pavlik To: dtor_core@ameritech.net Cc: Christoph Pleger , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Serial Mouse in Kernel 2.6 Message-ID: <20050530140902.GA1012@ucw.cz> References: <20050429145248.3551b9ea.Christoph.Pleger@uni-dortmund.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1550 Lines: 40 On Fri, Apr 29, 2005 at 11:03:24AM -0500, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > Hi, > > On 4/29/05, Christoph Pleger wrote: > > Hello, > > > > When configuring Kernel 2.6.11.7, I found under Input Devices two > > options which seem to have to do with serial mouse support: > > > > 1. Serial line discipline (module serport) > > 2. Serial Mouse support (module sermouse) > > > > Ic compiled both these features as a module. But after rebooting with > > the new kernel, the serial mouse is working well with gpm and with X11, > > although none of the above modules are loaded. > > > > So, what for are the modules mentioned above needed? > > > > If you load the modules and use input_attach program to set up your > mouse then you can access it via /dev/input/mice together with the > rest of you mice, PS/2, USB, etc. This way you have only one input > device for you mouse and do not have to change millions of programs > (actually 2) if you happen to install a new mouse. > > You seem to still using the mouse by accessing /dev/ttySx port and > using serial mouse driver. You also get a much better update rate for the mouse than with X/GPM, 4x for MouseSystems, and 2x for Microsoft mice. This makes the serial mouse finally usable. -- Vojtech Pavlik SuSE Labs, SuSE CR - 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/