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Date:	Fri, 11 Dec 2015 12:50:09 +0100
From:	Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@...il.com>
To:	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-input@...r.kernel.org, Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>,
	Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@...hat.com>,
	Thomas Hellstrom <thellstrom@...are.com>, jckeerthan@...il.com,
	till2.schaefer@...-dortmund.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/6] Input: psmouse - limit protocols that we try on
 passthrough ports

On Saturday 28 November 2015 21:13:56 Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> PS/2 protocol is slow, and using it with pass-through port (where we
> encapsulate PS/2 into PS/2) is slower yet so it takes quite a bit of time
> to do full protocol discovery for device attached to a pass-through port.
> However, so far we have not see anything but trackpoints or basic PS/2
> mice on pass-through ports, so let's limit protocols that we probe there
> to Trackpoint, IntelliMouse Explorer, IntelliMouse, and bare PS/2 protocol,
> and avoid other extended protocols, such as Synaptics, ALPS, etc.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>

Reviewed-by: Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@...il.com>

Thanks for this patch series!

-- 
Pali Rohár
pali.rohar@...il.com
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