On 17 Feb 2014 00:17, "Peter Hutterer" <<a href="mailto:peter.hutterer@who-t.net">peter.hutterer@who-t.net</a>> wrote: > > On Sun, Feb 16, 2014 at 04:05:05PM -0800, Bart Massey wrote: > > Perfectly reasonable. I quit using Keithp's laptop something over a > > year ago, > > you know, you're not really making a good point here for the feature to be > brought back :) > > Cheers, > Peter > Hi I have a couple of Panasonic w7s that are still a long way from dying. And the circular pad is one of the things making them highly viable and usable PCs. I still use them heavily and new batteries fans and waterproofing are on the way. Thanks > > > and since I'm on stock Debian I wasn't at top of tree then > > either; otherwise I might have seen the reversion :-). Thanks much for > > looking into this! Obviously no rush, but I can get out that laptop > > and give it a try at some point if no one else does. --Bart > > > > On Sun, Feb 16, 2014 at 2:49 PM, Peter Hutterer > > <<a href="mailto:peter.hutterer@who-t.net">peter.hutterer@who-t.net</a>> wrote: > > > On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 05:09:05PM -0800, Bart Massey wrote: > > >> Daniel, thanks much for the explanation! I sympathize, I really do. > > >> But it seems to me that retaining working code that folks are actually > > >> using has to be a higher priority than simplification. --Bart > > > > > > I hadn't seen a single configuration file that set that option in years, so > > > tbh I had no idea whether this code was being used let alone whether it was > > > working. Generally, given the state of the rest of the driver, I assume that > > > anything that's not used is probably broken. > > > > > > And finding modern laptops with circular touchpads isn't that easy either. > > > Also, please note that the support was removed two years ago, with a driver > > > release almost a year ago now. So it did take quite a while for anyone to > > > even notice/complain. > > > > > > Aaaanyway, revert is on the list, as soon as I get a tested-by I can push > > > it. > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Peter > > > > > >> > > >> On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 6:19 AM, Daniel Stone <<a href="mailto:daniel@fooishbar.org">daniel@fooishbar.org</a>> wrote: > > >> > Hi, > > >> > > > >> > On 12 February 2014 16:26, Bart Massey <<a href="mailto:bart@cs.pdx.edu">bart@cs.pdx.edu</a>> wrote: > > >> >> Please revert. Keithp has a laptop like this that I've used for a > > >> >> while: works great. I don't understand why this patch was committed? > > >> > > > >> > It was removed to make the totally-nightmarish Synaptics driver > > >> > slightly easier to reason about. Following the flow and fixing bugs > > >> > inside that driver is near-on impossible, and anything that makes that > > >> > easier is great by me. > > >> > > > >> > Cheers, > > >> > Daniel > > >> > _______________________________________________ > > >> > <a href="mailto:xorg-devel@lists.x.org">xorg-devel@lists.x.org</a>: X.Org development > > >> > Archives: <a href="http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-devel">http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-devel</a> > > >> > Info: <a href="http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg-devel">http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg-devel</a> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> <a href="mailto:xorg-devel@lists.x.org">xorg-devel@lists.x.org</a>: X.Org development > > >> Archives: <a href="http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-devel">http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-devel</a> > > >> Info: <a href="http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg-devel">http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg-devel</a> > > >> > _______________________________________________ > <a href="mailto:xorg-devel@lists.x.org">xorg-devel@lists.x.org</a>: X.Org development > Archives: <a href="http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-devel">http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-devel</a> > Info: <a href="http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg-devel">http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg-devel</a>