[Grml-devel] Elantech Touchpad Bug in Kernel 3.1

Christian Hofstaedtler ch at grml.org
Fri Dec 23 02:42:49 CET 2011


Hi!

* Brad Cable <brad at bcable.net> [111214 17:13]:
> There is a bug with the Elantech touchpad driver in linux 3.1 that
> has been fixed in 3.2, but it sounds like 3.2 is going to be
> released too late to make it into grml.  I have tracked down the
> exact patches that get this working, compiled 3.1.5 against those
> patches, and I'm currently running it with the driver working
> correctly.
> 
> I was told that I can request for certain patches to be applied to
> the kernel for stable grml, so here is the list of patches that gets
> this working.  This adds support for a ton of new hardware
> touchpads.

Sorry for not replying earlier, but the patches you listed made it
into Grml's 3.1.6 kernel and will be in the 2011.12 release.

> [..]

Have a nice day,
  -ch

-- 
christian hofstaedtler
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