Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2004 10:58:07 +0200 From: Philip Paeps <philip@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [PLEASE TEST] Better support for Synaptics Touchpads Message-ID: <20040805085807.GD595@loge.nixsys.be> In-Reply-To: <86ekmmhtkb.fsf@kamino.rfc1149.org> References: <20040805071236.GA595@loge.nixsys.be> <86ekmmhtkb.fsf@kamino.rfc1149.org>
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On 2004-08-05 10:34:28 (+0200), Arne Schwabe <arne@rfc2549.org> wrote: > Philip Paeps <philip@freebsd.org> writes: > > If you happen to own a laptop with a synaptics touchpad, please help test: > > > > <http://people.freebsd.org/~philip/psm.diff>; > > + * XXX: This is largely guesswork. The documentation from > + * Synaptics doesn't mention guest devices, but it appears > + * that packets from a stick are simple ps/2 packets... > > They are ps/2 packets but if you are crazy you can send the guest ps/2 > device some ps/2 commands to put it into a special mode where can get > features like pressure but well I don't know if that is really needed. ;) It might be fun to do :-) Given enough physical and virtual buttons, we should be able to emulate a full-scale piano over ps/2. *grin* Do you know of any documentation more recent than the ACF126.pdf from the Synaptics site? Guessing is a bit tedious... - Philip -- Philip Paeps Please don't Cc me, I am philip@freebsd.org subscribed to the list. A budget is buying a dress two sizes too small because it was marked down.
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