From owner-freebsd-current Mon Feb 10 6: 2: 1 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0EAAF37B407 for ; Mon, 10 Feb 2003 06:01:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from gull.mail.pas.earthlink.net (gull.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.84]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8BE8D43FBD for ; Mon, 10 Feb 2003 06:01:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rsidd@papagena.rockefeller.edu) Received: from user-0cev12u.cable.mindspring.com ([24.239.132.94] helo=bluerondo.a.la.turk) by gull.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 18iEVQ-0005P5-01 for freebsd-current@freebsd.org; Mon, 10 Feb 2003 06:01:57 -0800 Received: (qmail 61918 invoked by uid 1001); 10 Feb 2003 13:54:22 -0000 Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 08:54:22 -0500 From: Rahul Siddharthan To: Terry Lambert Cc: "Paul A. Mayer" , freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Synaptics touchpad support Message-ID: <20030210135422.GB61879@papagena.rockefeller.edu> References: <20030209220457.GA23187@papagena.rockefeller.edu> <3E477889.9060100@fnug.net> <3E4795FD.5B614232@mindspring.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3E4795FD.5B614232@mindspring.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Terry Lambert said on Feb 10, 2003 at 04:07:25: > > You actually lose the tap/tap-tap click and doubleclick button > emulation with the new driver, and, as you note, the pressure > sensitivity. > > Both of these issues were noted when the driver was posted for > review. It semed the consensus at the time that until at least > the tap/tap-tap was brought back (via software emulation), the > driver would not be replaced, only optioned. You can check the > list archives for details, I think. I don't think there was a consensus, by anyone "in the know". I don't think any committer responded in the whole thread. Personally, at the time I was ambivalent, but now I'm happy it's gone... Perhaps it can indeed be reimplemented in userspace software. R To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message