Messages in this thread | | | From | Dmitry Torokhov <> | Subject | Re: request for opinion on synaptics, adb and powerpc | Date | Sat, 7 Jan 2006 11:04:52 -0500 |
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On Saturday 07 January 2006 03:25, Vojtech Pavlik wrote: > > If a relative mode is an absolute must, then a kernel option is IMO > sufficient (we have psmouse.proto=imps for the classic PS/2 Synaptics > pads), although a sysfs attribute would likely be better. >
Just FYI, writing into /sys/bus/serio/devices/serioX/protcol allows swicthing ptorocol dynamically (this involves teardown of old input device and creation of a new one).
> In theory, we could use EV_SYN, SYN_CONFIG for notifying applications > that the device has changed its capabilities, but a > disconnect/recreation will work better, since no applications support > the SYN_CONFIG notification ATM. >
I could see SYN_CONFIG being used to signal changes in limits (like min and max X coordinates) but not to basic device capabilities.
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