Re: PS2 Input Core Support

[Vojtech Pavlik]

On Wed, Jul 17, 2002 at 03:58:21PM +0200, Gunther Mayer wrote:

> > > Hi,
> > >   any plans to support A4Tech mouse? It uses IMEX protocol, but
> > >
> > > switch(packet[3] & 0x0F) {
> > >     case 0: /* nothing */
> > >     case 1: vertical_wheel--; break;
> > >     case 2: horizontal_wheel++; break;
> > >     case 0xE: horizontal_wheel--; break;
> > >     case 0xF: vertical_wheel++; break;
> > > }
> > >
> > > and obviously it never reports wheel move > 1 in one sample.
> >
> > Is there a way to detect whether it's an ImEx or A4? Or will we need a
> > command line parameter ... ?
> 
> from http://home.t-online.de/home/gunther.mayer/gm_psauxprint-0.01.c :
> 
> char a4tech_id[]={ 0xf3,200, 0xf3,100, 0xf3,80, 0xf3,60, 0xf3,40, 0xf3,20};
> 
> if(a4tech) {
> sendbuf(fd,f,a4tech_id,12);
>         buf[0]=0xf2;
>         write(fd,&buf,1);
>         b=consumefa(f);
>         printf("a4tech ID(f2) is %x\n",b);
> 
>         if(b==6 || b==8) printf("AUTODETECT: a4tech\n");
>         // b=6: spiffy gyro-mouse "8D Profi-Mouse Point Stick"
>         // b=8: boeder Smartmouse Pro (4Button, 2Scrollwheel, 520dpi) PSM_4DPLUS_ID MOUSE_MODEL_4DPLUS
> }

Cool! Anyone send me a patch? ;)

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Vojtech Pavlik
SuSE Labs