Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 27 Feb 2005 08:50:41 +0100 | From | Vojtech Pavlik <> | Subject | Re: ALPS tapping disabled. WHY? |
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On Thu, Feb 24, 2005 at 10:08:15PM -0500, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> > So now, can anyone explain what bit 3 of param[0] does, and why you would > > want to disable hardware tapping support when it's set? My pad (ALPS > > 56AAA1760C on a Sager NP8560V) has always worked with hardware tapping as a > > plain PS/2 mouse, no special ALPS support req'd. > > > > Can this disabling of hardware tapping support be made optional (boot time > > param or other)? I don't want to have to patch every kernel from here on > > out. > > > > It still should do software tap emulation (although support is a bit flakey > with ALPS I must admit, but there are patches that should improve it) - so > people who don't like tapping can deactivate it. > > Anyway, "psmouse.proto=exps" boot option should disable ALPS native mode and > restore previous behavior.
Also, in my tree currently (and planned for 2.6.12) hardware tapping is enabled again, because double taps don't work otherwise (hardware limitation).
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