8.2.x, touchpads and papercuts

[Paul Fox]

martin wrote:
 > On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 2:26 AM, Paul Fox <pgf at laptop.org> wrote:
 > >  > > daniel recently
 > >  > > pointed out to me that we could build in the synaptics protocol,
 > >  > > but explicitly not choose it (i.e., override auto-detection) by
 > >  > > using a module parameter.  this would let deployments and others
 > >  > > experiment with ways to make tap-to-click go away while keeping
 > >  > > everything else working.
 > >  >
 > >  > So you mean CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2_SYNAPTICS=m and that combined with an
 > >  > xorg stanza? Or a udev rule? Or just inelegantly renaming the kmod?
 > >
 > > my impression from dsd was that we could turn on the CONFIG_ var, and
 > > then disable the protocol with a module parameter, presumably in
 > > modprobe.d.
 > 
 > Which module param?

"proto=bare" should keep us from probing any but the bare protocol.

paul

 > 
 > 
 > > i think it would look like this:
 > >  CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSE=y
 > >  CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2=m
 > >  CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2_SYNAPTICS=y
 > >  CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2_OLPC=y
 > >
 > > the result would be a psmouse.ko module.
 > 
 > I'll do *exactly* that.
 > 
 > 
 > 
 > m
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 paul fox, pgf at laptop.org