Hi Dmitry, * Micah Parrish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Devices like the HP Integrated Remote Console Virtual Mouse, which are > standard equipment on all Proliant and Integrity servers, produce > absolute coordinates instead of relative coordinates. This is done to > synchronize the position of the mouse cursor on the client desktop > with the mouse cursor position on the server. Mousedev is not > designed to pass those absolute events directly to X, but it can > translate them into relative movements. It currently does this for > tablet like devices and touchpads. This patch merely tells it to also > include a device with ABS_X, ABS_Y, and mouse buttons in its list of > devices to process input for. > > This patch enables the mouse pointer to move when using the remote > console. Without this patch, the cursor will not move.
We're looking to get this patch accepted into a distro, which is of course easier if it is first accepted upstream. Is there anything we can do to help explain this patch further to enable acceptance? Thanks. /ac -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
