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SubjectRe: [PATCH] [2.5.68] [BUG #18] Add Synaptics touchpad tweaking to psmouse driver
On Mon, Apr 21, 2003 at 10:46:28PM -0400, Stuffed Crust wrote:
> One of the side-effects of the new input layer is that the old usermode
> tools for manipulating the touchpad configuration don't work any more.
>
> Most importantly, the ability to disable the tap-to-click "feature".
> And this has been long-recognized, as bug #18. :)
>
> So, here's my crack at scratching this itch. it defaults to disabling
> the tap-to-click, but there's a module parameter to re-enable it.
>
> I started writing this from the perspective of a full-native synaptics
> driver, using the absolute mode of operation, which will let us do all
> sorts of yummy things like corner taps and virtual scroll wheels and
> sensitivity and whatnot... Anyone else working on this, before I wade
> further in?
>
> All of the new code is wrapped in #ifdef SYNAPTICS.

This is messy as hell - what about copying psmouse.c, remove all
that code not relevant to the touchpad and make it a driver of it's
own?

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