Re: [PATCH, v2] Input: tell mousedev to handle HP remote console virtual mouse using absolute coordinates

[Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>]

Hi Micah,

On Mon, Jan 14, 2008 at 05:45:56PM -0700, Micah Parrish wrote:
> The HP Integrated Remote Console Virtual Mouse, which is standard equipment 
> on all Proliant and Integrity servers, produces absolute coordinates 
> instead of relative coordinates.  This is done to synchronize the 
> position of the mouse cursor on the client desktop with the mouse 
> cursor position on the server.  Mousedev is not designed to pass 
> those absolute events directly to X, but it can translate them 
> into relative movements.  It currently does this for tablet like devices 
> and touchpads.  This patch tells mousedev to also enable this function for
> the HP virtual mouse.  This patch is narrower in scope than my previous
> patch of the same name, which enabled abs-to-rel translation for all 
> devices with ABS_X, ABS_Y, and BTN_LEFT.
>

I thought it over and I decided to include the previous version of the
patch (the one that does not have venor/pid restriction), since it looks
like Xen people might need it too.

It should be included in the next pull request to Linus.

Sorry for the delays.

-- 
Dmitry