Re: [RFC, PATCH] horizontal mouse wheel in mousedrv

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Hi Pierre,

On Dec 25, 2007 10:49 AM, Pierre Ossman <drzeus-list@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Pierre Ossman <drzeus@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Support the horizontal wheel present on many mice via the
> /dev/input/mice device by using the somewhat odd protocol extension
> of sending double wheel movements for the extra wheel.
>
> This is of course a rather error prone protocol extension, but it is
> found in some hardware and works well enough in practice. It is also
> the only horizontal wheel protocol supported by Xorg's mouse driver.
>

I'd rather not change the legacy mousedev driver. The extension is
rather non-standard and there is no telling what applications might
break. Please use evdev driver, it should support horizontal scrolling
AFAIK.

-- 
Dmitry
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