linux-kernel - Re: Keyboard and mouse issues on MacBook Air (4,2)

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Date:	Mon, 17 Oct 2011 20:16:55 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
To:	Nico Schottelius <nico-linux-20111017@...ottelius.org>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Keyboard and mouse issues on MacBook Air (4,2)

On Mon, 17 Oct 2011, Nico Schottelius wrote:

> Hello LKML,
> 
> after several days of reading various forums and mailinglists,
> it seems that keyboard and mouse support on the MacBook Air is
> pretty broken:
> 
> - The fn key does not modify the cursor behaviour:
>   FN+Cursor up should result in Page up,
>   FN+Cursor down should result in Page down, etc.
> 
>   Actual result: Cursor keys are passed in as usual
> 
> - The multitouch trackpad only works if bcm5974 is loaded before usbhid
>   -> otherwise only left click works
> 
> - If bcm5974 is loaded before usbhid, left moving the mouse while
>   holding down the mouse button (i.e. the trackpad) does not work,
>   but results in a right click
> 
> Anyone a pointer on how to fix these issues?

Please try with my hid.git tree, preferably for-next branch. Namely 
commit 4b086910ad1.

Thanks,

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs

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