linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] psmouse: disable the synaptics extension on OLPC machines.

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Date:	Fri, 17 Dec 2010 21:49:28 -0800
From:	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
To:	Andres Salomon <dilinger@...ued.net>
Cc:	linux-input@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	dsd@...top.org, pgf@...top.org, James Cameron <quozl@...top.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] psmouse: disable the synaptics extension on OLPC
 machines.

On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 09:09:39PM -0800, Andres Salomon wrote:
> 
> OLPC has switched to a Synaptics touchpad.  It turns out that it's
> pretty useless in absolute mode.  This patch looks for an OLPC
> system (via DMI tables), and refuses to init Synaptics mode in
> that scenario (falling back to relative mode).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andres Salomon <dilinger@...ued.net>

Andres,

Can we do what hgpk does and add "depend on !OLPC" to the Kconfig
instead?

Thanks.

-- 
Dmitry
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