Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Fri, 8 Aug 2003 15:49:47 +0200 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: Synaptics driver considered harmful |
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Hi!
> Why isn't there a config option for this driver? I just tried to > upgrade to CVS HEAD (bkcvs) from a 2.4 kernel and everything went > smoothly except my mouse didn't work until I appended > psmouse_noext=1. This should not be necessary IMHO. It seems that even > desktop users are forced to compile in this driver, and according at > least to my experience, it can seriously break things. I don't see > what the benefits of the synaptics driver are, and it sounds like > this driver has been causing problems since it was released. The > driver may well stabilize in the future, but right now it should not > be a standard part of the PS/2 mouse driver.
Your fix is right, but vojtech seems to be on holidays. You may want to push through akpm/linus.
Also make it depend on EXPERIMENTAL.
-- Pavel Written on sharp zaurus, because my Velo1 broke. If you have Velo you don't need...
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