linux-kernel - Re: Touchscreen hardware hacking/driver hacking.

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Message-ID: <20061026084836.GA13981@srcf.ucam.org>
Date:	Thu, 26 Oct 2006 09:48:37 +0100
From:	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
To:	Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@...ightbb.com>
Cc:	"Greg.Chandler@...lsfargo.com" <Greg.Chandler@...lsfargo.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-input@...ey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz
Subject: Re: Touchscreen hardware hacking/driver hacking.

On Wed, Oct 25, 2006 at 04:55:13PM -0400, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:

> It was considered but we decided that if we need to rely on solely DMI
> data when activating some features we need to add models one by one
> and do not use "blanket" options. There are lifebooks out there that
> do not have that kind of outscreen so if we tried to match just on
> "LIFEBOOK" present in the product name we might hit such models and
> then their PS/2 mice would not work.

Do the Lifebooks with these touchscreens not have a PnPBIOS or ACPI 
entry that describes the type?

-- 
Matthew Garrett | mjg59@...f.ucam.org
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