On Thu, Jun 13, 2019 at 01:57:35PM +0930, Brett Lymn wrote: > > Folks, > > I was wondering if anyone has an opinion on the best way to have a usb > device modify the state of another device driver on plug and unplug. > > The reason I was thinking about this is that I have noticed on Windows > 10 they have a checkbox on the synaptics driver configuration that says > to disable the trackpad when a usb pointing device is attached. This > makes a lot of sense for people who want to use a mouse when at a desk > but if they are mobile then have the trackpad available without having > to twiddle anything. > > I was thinking maybe at the wsmouse level but I don't think that knows > where the events are coming from hence why I was thinking that the usb > mouse driver could do something to tell the synaptics driver to disable > sending events until futher notice. > > Thoughts?
Maybe just provide a sysctl can can put the synaptics to sleep, and have userland deal with it ? -- Manuel Bouyer <[email protected]> NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference --
