Re: [PATCH] mouse button 1 emulation for mac_hid

[Soeren Sonnenburg]

On Mon, 2009-11-16 at 09:05 -0800, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 01:59:37PM +0100, Jiri Kosina wrote:
> > On Fri, 13 Nov 2009, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> > 
> > > > I am not sure what the future of mac_hid is (the source says will be
> > > > removed, but since 9 years). In case it stays in kernel the attached
> > > > patch adds support for mouse button 1 emulation. If this driver stays in
> > > > the kernel I would also suggest to rename it - it is not mac specific (I
> > > > am using this on a netbook).
> > > > 
> > > > Rationale? Broken touchpads, within linux unsupported (multi-)touchpads
> > > > where click and hold + moving the mouse does not work (yet?).
> > > 
> > > I would rather fix the touchpads so they work properly than pile more
> > > quirks in kernel.
> > 
> > Hi Dmitry,
> > 
> > in exactly what way are you planning to "fix the touchpads"?
> > 
> 
> Hi Jiri,
> 
> It would be helpful to know which ones are currently. Obviously we can't
> help with physically broken ones but I don't believe it is kernel's task
> to deal with physically broken hardware. The ones that are not
> physically broken - PS/2 should have fairly decent hardware emulation
> mode (at least all I tried supported tap and trag while working as
> regular PS/2 mouse) - so that can be used while we figuring out native
> protocol. USB - appletouch, bcm - are there any issues at the moment?

Ignoring broken hardware, there is the problem or feature that some
touchpads have the mouse *under the touchpad*. So when you click there
and want to move the mouse - well good luck. Of course this is something
that needs to be ultimately fixed in the synaptics xorg driver.

Soeren
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