From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751251Ab0DEGGJ (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Apr 2010 02:06:09 -0400 Received: from mail-pw0-f46.google.com ([209.85.160.46]:61238 "EHLO mail-pw0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750961Ab0DEGGE (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Apr 2010 02:06:04 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to:content-type; b=upo+Y9FPW4u8kROQkaqUA9Q36C7TmWTeQf902f07NhwC7oSKvJ4d35qiqtRwuS1EHy NvkE9yhfAJDp5XrJFS7kxaKvX6k8zwk9WBQ44nDcPnby+vM5XqaiaQbIssgsfwweL2jv 1JRhATkDsUSTrBb8GBkDFYx9yap7An14pBCPM= MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Carl Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2010 16:05:43 +1000 Message-ID: Subject: Touchpad hacking, who to talk to before commencing work To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi everybody, this is my first post to the list. I have a new mbp 5, and I've been frustrated at the basicness of its operation compared to its functionality under osx. My original plan was to simply open up the bcm5974 and create a deadzone at the bottom of the touch pad so I could rest my thumb there and click. Configuration through synaptics doesnt seem to work for some reason. Anyway, to make a long story short, I had a bit too much fun with the trackpad and watching it track all 10 fingers, and now I'd like to implement some more advanced functionality. As a quick hack, I could theoretically do this inside the driver itself, but it would be better to write a new input handler. Is anyone currently working on something similar. I dont want to be reinventing the wheel. Cheers guys. -- Carl