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authorHans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>2015-04-04 03:30:31 +0300
committerDmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>2015-04-05 21:48:35 +0300
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Input: alps - document stick behavior for protocol V2
Document that protocol V2 uses standard (bare) PS/2 mouse packets for the DualPoint stick. Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com> Acked-By: Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>
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@@ -114,6 +114,9 @@ ALPS Absolute Mode - Protocol Version 2
byte 4: 0 y6 y5 y4 y3 y2 y1 y0
byte 5: 0 z6 z5 z4 z3 z2 z1 z0
+Protocol Version 2 DualPoint devices send standard PS/2 mouse packets for
+the DualPoint Stick.
+
Dualpoint device -- interleaved packet format
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@@ -127,6 +130,11 @@ Dualpoint device -- interleaved packet format
byte 7: 0 y6 y5 y4 y3 y2 y1 y0
byte 8: 0 z6 z5 z4 z3 z2 z1 z0
+Devices which use the interleaving format normally send standard PS/2 mouse
+packets for the DualPoint Stick + ALPS Absolute Mode packets for the
+touchpad, switching to the interleaved packet format when both the stick and
+the touchpad are used at the same time.
+
ALPS Absolute Mode - Protocol Version 3
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