Re: [PATCH] PS/2 mouse rate setting
jhf_at_rivenstone.net
Date: 10/28/03
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Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 22:56:25 -0500 To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, vojtech@suse.cz
On Mon, Oct 27, 2003 at 10:52:44PM -0500, I wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 27, 2003 at 08:32:15AM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, 27 Oct 2003, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > >
> > > Overall as KVM user I must say I'm not very happy with the 2.6 mouse
> > > driver. 2.4 pretty much worked out of the box, but 2.6 needs
> > > lots of strange options (psmouse_noext, psmouse_rate=80)
> > > because it does things very differently out of the box.
> >
> > I agree. The keyboard driver has also deteriorated, I think.
> >
> > I'd suggest we _not_ set the rate by default at all (and let the default
> > thing just happen). And only set the rate if the user _asks_ for it with
> > your setup thing. Mind sending me that kind of patch?
> >
>
> I need this patch to use the scroll wheel on my Logitech mouse
> with my Belkin KVM switch in 2.6. This patch was in -mm for a while
> before some changes there broke the diff, and I got some mail from
> people who said it was helpful. I didn't hear about any problems.
>
> Linus, will you please consider applying it?
D'oh, forgot the patch. This is the same patch that was in -mm,
rediffed against -test9 and tested to compile. I've been running this
same patch on vanilla and -mm kernels for months now.
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