linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Revert "Input: synaptics - enable InterTouch for the ThinkPad P1 G3"

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Message-ID: <20230809114242.GA24649@toolbox>
Date:   Wed, 9 Aug 2023 13:55:15 +0200
From:   Sebastian Wick <sebastian.wick@...hat.com>
To:     Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
Cc:     Lyude Paul <lyude@...hat.com>, Aman Dhoot <amandhoot12@...il.com>,
        Mark Pearson <markpearson@...ovo.com>,
        Raul Rangel <rrangel@...omium.org>,
        Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@...g-engineering.com>,
        Andrew Duggan <aduggan@...aptics.com>,
        linux-input@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Revert "Input: synaptics - enable InterTouch for the
 ThinkPad P1 G3"

On Tue, Aug 08, 2023 at 03:06:32PM -0700, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 08, 2023 at 05:49:23PM -0400, Lyude Paul wrote:
> > Hm, This looks fine to me (if not as a final fix, certainly as a workaround)
> > 
> > Reviewed-by: Lyude Paul <lyude@...hat.com>
> > 
> > However, this is definitely something we probably should try to fix at some
> > point - as I imagine this must be happening because something regarding how
> > clicks are reported must have changed again. Andrew, do you have any idea?
> 
> I would like to understand more about this. Is this with newer/older
> BIOS, or another hardware revision of the product, or something else?

All I can say is that the touchpad worked fine before and at some point
it stopped working. I remember updating the system and some firmware
components shortly before this happened but I don't know anymore what
those updates contained.

> Lyude, do you still have access to the unit you originally developed
> the original change for? Is the behavior broken there as well?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> -- 
> Dmitry
>