From: Stelian Pop <stelian@popies.net>
To: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor_core@ameritech.net>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@suse.cz>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] Sonypi driver model & PM changes
Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 20:09:32 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20041026180932.GA17655@deep-space-9.dsnet> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20041026155639.42445.qmail@web81306.mail.yahoo.com>
On Tue, Oct 26, 2004 at 08:56:39AM -0700, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> If you want jogdial to continue generating BTN_MIDDLE and BTN_WHEEL
> events then IMHO you should create 2 separate input devices - one
> for jogdial and the other for FN-keys.
That's what I thought too...
> On the other hand I am not sure if it is handy as a ponter device -
> I think scrolling is much more natural with the touchpad (but
> remember I don't have the hardware)
I don't have a touchpad, just a stick. And I use the jogdial to
scroll quite often...
> and it may be more convenient
> to assign brand-new events to jogdial as well and then map it in
> userspace (X) into something different, like volume control. In
> this case you can continue having just one input device.
>
> Btw, you should probably drop conditional support for input layer
> and always compile it in.
Is CONFIG_INPUT now a requirement for the (at least i386) kernel ?
If this is the case, I'll drop the conditional.
Stelian.
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Stelian Pop <stelian@popies.net>
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Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-10-26 15:56 Dmitry Torokhov
2004-10-26 18:09 ` Stelian Pop [this message]
2004-10-27 2:56 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2004-10-27 8:05 ` Stelian Pop
2004-10-27 3:14 ` Dmitry Torokhov
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2004-10-25 15:20 Dmitry Torokhov
2004-10-26 9:28 ` Stelian Pop
2004-10-26 15:30 ` Stelian Pop
2004-10-21 6:54 Dmitry Torokhov
2004-10-25 12:56 ` Stelian Pop
2004-10-25 13:22 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2004-10-25 13:56 ` Stelian Pop
2004-10-25 22:09 ` Pavel Machek
2004-10-26 5:55 ` Stelian Pop
2004-10-26 6:02 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2004-10-26 2:28 ` Nigel Cunningham
2004-10-26 6:21 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2004-10-26 6:41 ` Nigel Cunningham
2004-10-25 13:50 ` Stelian Pop
2004-10-25 13:57 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2004-10-25 14:45 ` Stelian Pop
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2004-10-25 15:20 ` Stelian Pop
2004-10-25 16:04 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2004-10-26 9:46 ` Stelian Pop
2004-10-25 22:12 ` Pavel Machek
2004-10-26 8:32 ` Karol Kozimor
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