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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.
-- 
Stelian Pop <stelian@popies.net>

  reply	other threads:[~2004-10-26 18:15 UTC|newest]

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
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
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
     [not found]         ` <20041025151120.GA1802@ucw.cz>
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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