Re: [PATCH 0/5] Sonypi driver model & PM changes

[Stelian Pop]

On Tue, Oct 26, 2004 at 08:56:39AM -0700, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:

> If you want jogdial to continue generating BTN_MIDDLE and BTN_WHEEL
> events then IMHO you should create 2 separate input devices - one
> for jogdial and the other for FN-keys.

That's what I thought too...

> On the other hand I am not sure if it is handy as a ponter device -
> I think scrolling is much more natural with the touchpad (but
> remember I don't have the hardware)

I don't have a touchpad, just a stick. And I use the jogdial to
scroll quite often...

> and it may be more convenient
> to assign brand-new events to jogdial as well and then map it in
> userspace (X) into something different, like volume control. In
> this case you can continue having just one input device.
> 
> Btw, you should probably drop conditional support for input layer
> and always compile it in.

Is CONFIG_INPUT now a requirement for the (at least i386) kernel ?
If this is the case, I'll drop the conditional. 

Stelian.
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