From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757263AbYAOVHt (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:07:49 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754052AbYAOVHk (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:07:40 -0500 Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com ([66.249.82.225]:59313 "EHLO wx-out-0506.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753458AbYAOVHj (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:07:39 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version:content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; b=c0UY9whmRJqrrQ6A0GGn1IjV+qSlyxDLvG/7Fyb6Ea6jRxNvVTB2AEt3M2xdvYg+4wPzRanO1DIRq0Qg16HHyTP0adhxSjJpp5/L1vBktYng0fEatZ81+JMtWPqjmM/WaazmOfi8WByp+t2r3z90FsrrvpNJNXEQYZh1TdUb3JI= Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:07:32 -0500 From: Dmitry Torokhov To: Micah Parrish Cc: Pete Zaitcev , linux-kernel , "Chiang, Alexander" Subject: Re: [PATCH, v2] Input: tell mousedev to handle HP remote console virtual mouse using absolute coordinates Message-ID: <20080115160440.ZZRA012@mailhub.coreip.homeip.net> References: <1200357956.6630.24.camel@strongbad> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1200357956.6630.24.camel@strongbad> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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