Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1423605AbWJZQ3W (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Oct 2006 12:29:22 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1161433AbWJZQ3W (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Oct 2006 12:29:22 -0400 Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com ([64.233.182.187]:44019 "EHLO nf-out-0910.google.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1161432AbWJZQ3V (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Oct 2006 12:29:21 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=usftOfixGo6dfeQ7rDtRaRUEXKEmOEwDOukLBrmNI0+52msYw6qS06H45YbpJFVQey4OmsHuA50WaF2oCxmspy22UbS9KpNBp05/PYjSwUDeRrDLZNvGILJuVaggp8LhRO2dPdibc8O8c92wLfpmmpjhK0Y6kcnex52Vt9wjBKU= Message-ID: Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 12:29:18 -0400 From: "Dmitry Torokhov" To: "Matthew Garrett" Subject: Re: Touchscreen hardware hacking/driver hacking. Cc: "Greg.Chandler@wellsfargo.com" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-input@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz In-Reply-To: <20061026084836.GA13981@srcf.ucam.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20061026084836.GA13981@srcf.ucam.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1073 Lines: 25 On 10/26/06, Matthew Garrett wrote: > On Wed, Oct 25, 2006 at 04:55:13PM -0400, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > > > It was considered but we decided that if we need to rely on solely DMI > > data when activating some features we need to add models one by one > > and do not use "blanket" options. There are lifebooks out there that > > do not have that kind of outscreen so if we tried to match just on > > "LIFEBOOK" present in the product name we might hit such models and > > then their PS/2 mice would not work. > > Do the Lifebooks with these touchscreens not have a PnPBIOS or ACPI > entry that describes the type? > I don't recall anything in ACPI spec that would help determining type of PS/2 device connected, but then I did not read the latest version. Anyway, I would not hold my breath... -- Dmitry - 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/