Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754852AbZDRWN3 (ORCPT ); Sat, 18 Apr 2009 18:13:29 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753872AbZDRWNV (ORCPT ); Sat, 18 Apr 2009 18:13:21 -0400 Received: from rv-out-0506.google.com ([209.85.198.227]:65394 "EHLO rv-out-0506.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753830AbZDRWNU (ORCPT ); Sat, 18 Apr 2009 18:13:20 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; b=QKJ6zVV0VoRno+QZcjKlbT/wTZ1PXQzQZVi6G9+IgZy+N2yugoQdU3icoFiJoi0inT ntGOH3fyMCc24i5SK41ByDwdbRID0y6ESg4v+xB5IyDc62KeV0BYMljVJ7az8zSSnMJ2 o/VH20pLdSNaNt59gP7J0fEAJgtdXIDqS0AEc= Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 15:13:14 -0700 From: Dmitry Torokhov To: Lukasz Stelmach Cc: LKML Subject: Re: [PATCH] use multitouch touchpad events as buttons mousedev Message-ID: <20090418221313.GB30524@dtor-d630.eng.vmware.com> References: <49B46ADA.5060809@poczta.fm> <20090416021126.GE2413@dtor-d630.eng.vmware.com> <49EA1392.5060008@poczta.fm> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <49EA1392.5060008@poczta.fm> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1142 Lines: 32 On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 07:53:22PM +0200, Lukasz Stelmach wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Dmitry Torokhov pisze: > > Hi Lukasz, > > > > On Mon, Mar 09, 2009 at 02:03:22AM +0100, Lukasz Stelmach wrote: > >> Some touchpads can recognize multi-finger taps. They can be used as > >> additional buttons (left and middle). > >> > > > > mousedev is a legacy interface and I don't think this change is needed > > since evdev + Synaptics X driver combination works much better with > > touchpads anyway. > > That is true, however, I happen to use plain old virtual terminal with > gpm which uses mousedev. Having that multitouch buttons is, I assure you, > awesome. > I see. In this case I suggest switching GPM to use evdev protocol. Since I added what I cosider proper evdev support for GPM a few years ago it should work OK without need to patch mousedev. -- 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/