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On Tuesday 11 June 2019 12:32:33 Hui Wang wrote:
> On 2019/6/11 上午11:23, Hui Wang wrote:
> > On 2019/6/11 上午11:05, Xiaoxiao Liu wrote:
> > > Hi Pali,
> > > 
> > > I discussed with our FW team about this problem.
> > > We think the V8 method means a touchpad feature  and does not fit
> > > the CS19 trackpoint device.
> > > CS19 TrackPoint needn't  use any Absolute (Raw) mode and is usually
> > > use standard mouse data.
> > > CS19 TrackPoint device is a completely different device with
> > > DualPoint device of Dell/HP.
> > > CS19 TrackPoint device is independent  of Touchpad. (Touchpad is
> > > connecting by I2C, TrackPoint is directly connecting with PS2 port.)
> > > And it has completely another FW.
> > > 
> > > So we think it is better to use the mouse mode for CS19 trackpoint.
> > 
> > Maybe here is some mis-understanding,  the mouse mode here doesn't mean
> > we use psmouse-base.c for cs19 (bare ps/2 mouse), we plan to use
> > trackpoint.c to drive this HW, so this trackpoint has all features a
> > trackpoint should have.
> > 
> And I sent a patch one month ago to let the the trackpoint.c to drive this
> HW: https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-input/msg61341.html, maybe that
> patch is reference.

So instead of creating blacklist, you should check for TP_VARIANT_ALPS
in alps.c and disallow its usage.

Or maybe better, move trackpoint.c detect code before alsp.c detect code
in psmouse-base. And no changes in alps.c are needed.

> > Regards,
> > 
> > Hui.
> > 
> > > 
> > > Best Regards
> > > Shona
> > > -----邮件原件-----
> > > 发件人: Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@gmail.com>
> > > 发送时间: Monday, June 10, 2019 6:43 PM
> > > 收件人: 劉 曉曉 Xiaoxiao Liu <xiaoxiao.liu-1@cn.alps.com>
> > > 抄送: XiaoXiao Liu <sliuuxiaonxiao@gmail.com>;
> > > dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com; peter.hutterer@who-t.net;
> > > hui.wang@canonical.com; linux-input@vger.kernel.org;
> > > linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; 曹 曉建 Xiaojian Cao
> > > <xiaojian.cao@cn.alps.com>; zhangfp1@lenovo.com; 斉藤 直樹 Naoki
> > > Saito <naoki.saito@alpsalpine.com>; 川瀬 英夫 Hideo Kawase
> > > <hideo.kawase@alpsalpine.com>
> > > 主题: Re: 答复: 答复: [PATCH] input: alps-fix the issue alps cs19
> > > trackstick do not work.
> > > 
> > > On Monday 10 June 2019 10:03:51 Xiaoxiao Liu wrote:
> > > > Hi Pali,
> > > Hi!
> > > 
> > > > We register our CS19 device as ALPS_ONLY_TRACKSTICK device.
> > > > And let the V8 protocol function support the process of
> > > > ALPS_ONLY_TRACKSTICK device.
> > > > 
> > > > I want to confirm if this solution OK?
> > > Yes, it is fine. Just make sure that touchapad input device is not
> > > registered when this ALPS_ONLY_TRACKSTICK flag is set. So userspace
> > > would not see any fake/unavailable touchpad input device.
> > > 
> > > > Xiaoxiao.Liu
> > > -- 
> > > Pali Rohár
> > > pali.rohar@gmail.com

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Pali Rohár
pali.rohar@gmail.com