Re: /dev/psaux-Interface

[Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>]

Tuukka Toivonen <tuukkat@ee.oulu.fi> wrote:
>
> psaux.c release 2004-04-19
> 
> This is psaux.c linux kernel driver for kernels 2.6.x,
> a direct PS/2 serial port (aka /dev/psaux) driver.
> 
> Available from:
> http://www.ee.oulu.fi/~tuukkat/rel/psaux-2004-04-19.tar.gz
> 
> (includes README with more information)
> 
> The driver was originally written by Lee Sau Dan
> http://www.informatik.uni-freiburg.de/~danlee/fun/psaux/
> but I fixed some bugs (most importantly SMP).
> 
> I've seen lots of discussions about different mouse behaviour (or
> completely non-functioning mouse). If you have one of those problems, this
> driver should restore the kernel 2.4.x behaviour.
> 
> Any suggestions/hopes to get it included into mainstream kernel?

I'd imagine that the input developers would regard that as a step in the
wrong direction.

Have you sent a report regarding the touchscreen problem?  Is it a
straightforward bug, or has real functionality been lost?


> P.S. is there any documentation about the serio interface (serio_open()
> etc...)? I couldn't find anywhere.

Always a good question ;)