Re: [git pull] Input updates for v4.17-rc7

[Dmitry Torokhov]

On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 10:21:53PM -0500, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 6:38 PM Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> 
> >     We are switching a bunch of
> > Lenovo devices with Synaptics touchpads from PS/2 emulation over to
> > native RMI/SMbus.
> 
> > Given that all commits are marked for stable there is no point delaying
> > them till next release.
> 
> Hmm. The elan driver stack overrun isn't mentioned, but seems more
> fundamental fix than the other changes that just add a few new PnP ID's...

I do not think that the Elan problem is actually observable on any
hardware with 4.17 at the moment, as it only shows up when switching
some Elan devices from PS/2 to SMBus and the patches that do that are
slated for the next merge window. I included it in the pull as a
precaution. Switching Synaptics to RMI is much more user-visible...

Still should have mentioned Elan corruption fix though.

Thanks.

-- 
Dmitry