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

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Date:	Tue, 4 Jan 2011 11:25:10 +0100 (CET)
From:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
To:	Chase Douglas <chase.douglas@...onical.com>
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 Mon, 3 Jan 2011, 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?

Hi Chase,

I am not rebasing my tree, so it's not easy to add Cc: stable@...nel.org 
to the commit once it has been mirrored out.

But I have this commit in my list to send it to -stable once it goes to 
Linus, manually.

Thanks,

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs, Novell Inc.
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