linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] input: mouse: add qci touchpad driver

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Message-ID: <20100819233532.GB21662@srcf.ucam.org>
Date:	Fri, 20 Aug 2010 00:35:32 +0100
From:	Matthew Garrett <mjg@...hat.com>
To:	Neil Leeder <nleeder@...eaurora.org>
Cc:	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
	Stepan Moskovchenko <stepanm@...eaurora.org>,
	"linux-input@...r.kernel.org" <linux-input@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org" <linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Horace Fu <horace.fu@...ntatw.com>,
	Mandeep Singh Baines <msb@...omium.org>,
	Trilok Soni <tsoni@...eaurora.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] input: mouse: add qci touchpad driver

On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 06:19:10PM -0400, Neil Leeder wrote:

> At this point I'm thinking that the interface is close to being able to  
> work with serio/psmouse, but just not close enough. The unreliability of  
> responding to basic commands as well as the length of data problems  
> indicates some custom driver is going to be needed. That could either be  
> Quanta's original touchpad driver I posted, or a modification of your  
> serio driver. I'd lean towards not having a serio driver which includes  
> workarounds for a specific device, but I'd appreciate hearing your 
> opinion.

By any incredible stroke of luck, does it have a unique PNPID? 
/sys/bus/pnp/devices/*/id should give you some insight.

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