Re: [PATCH] Apple USB Touchpad driver (new)

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Stelian Pop <[email protected]> writes:

> +Synaptics re-detection problems:
> +--------------------------------
> +
> +The synaptics X11 driver tries to re-open the touchpad input device file
> +(/dev/input/eventX) each time you change from text mode back to X11. If the
> +input device file does not exist at this precise moment, the synaptics driver
> +will give up searching for a touchpad, permanently. You will need to restart
> +X11 if you want to reissue a scan.

I think this particular problem is fixed by the following patch to the
X driver:

--- synaptics.c.old	2005-07-10 00:09:02.000000000 +0200
+++ synaptics.c	2005-07-10 00:09:12.000000000 +0200
@@ -524,6 +524,11 @@
 
     local->fd = xf86OpenSerial(local->options);
     if (local->fd == -1) {
+	xf86ReplaceStrOption(local->options, "Device", "");
+	SetDeviceAndProtocol(local);
+	local->fd = xf86OpenSerial(local->options);
+    }
+    if (local->fd == -1) {
 	xf86Msg(X_WARNING, "%s: cannot open input device\n", local->name);
 	return !Success;
     }

> +static int atp_calculate_abs(int *xy_sensors, int nb_sensors, int fact) {

I think this CodingStyle violation is quite annoying, because it
prevents emacs from finding the beginning of the function. It should
be written like this:

static int atp_calculate_abs(int *xy_sensors, int nb_sensors, int fact)
{

-- 
Peter Osterlund - [email protected]
http://web.telia.com/~u89404340
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