linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] HID: magicmouse: Don't report REL

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Date:	Mon, 03 Jan 2011 17:13:31 -0500
From:	Chase Douglas <chase.douglas@...onical.com>
To:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
CC:	Michael Poole <mdpoole@...ilus.org>, linux-input@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] HID: magicmouse: Don't report REL_{X,Y} for Magic Trackpad

On 12/09/2010 10:13 AM, Chase Douglas wrote:
> On 12/09/2010 05:41 AM, Jiri Kosina wrote:
>> On Wed, 8 Dec 2010, Chase Douglas wrote:
>>
>>> With the recent switch to having the hid layer handle standard axis
>>> initialization, the Magic Trackpad now reports relative axes. This would
>>> be fine in the normal mode, but the driver puts the device in multitouch
>>> mode where no relative events are generated. Also, userspace software
>>> depends on accurate axis information for device type detection. Thus,
>>> ignoring the relative axes from the Magic Trackpad is best.
>>
>> Applied, thank you. I take it this should better go into .37 still, right?
> 
> Yes, please.

Jiri,

It looks like this never got pushed to .37. Can you add "Cc:
stable@...nel.org" to the SOB area and push it?

Thanks,

-- Chase
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