Re: [PATCH 2.6.11-rc3] IBM Trackpoint support

[Vojtech Pavlik]

On Sat, Feb 05, 2005 at 11:44:05AM +0100, Pavel Machek wrote:

> > Here is a patch that exposes the IBM TrackPoint's extended properties
> > as well as scroll wheel emulation.
> > 
> > 
> > I would appreciate comments and suggestions to make this more acceptable.
> > 
> 
> Perhaps this should be done in userspace? It is probably usable on
> non-trackpoint devices, too...
 
For a big part it's not possible to do in userspace, because the
touchpoint doesn't give the pressure information, it only can be mapped
to a button click.

But middle-button-to-scroll would be doable in userspace, yes.

-- 
Vojtech Pavlik
SuSE Labs, SuSE CR
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