Re: [PATCH 19/25] sony-laptop: add touchpad enable/disable control file

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Il 03/06/2011 22:23, Dmitry Torokhov ha scritto:

Why do we want to do this? X allows to ignore certain pointing devices
IIRC.

Because I believe it turns off the device, the power state is also stored and preserved across reboots and shutdowns. Telling X to ignore the input is, IMHO, a workaround if we have the hardware capability for that (and why should we suppose that X will be used always and forever?).
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