By the way, if you do pull the source from git, the link provided
delivers the whole kernel source tree - couple-hundred megabytes worth -
not just the driver or a patch.   For what I can see is one new USB HID
driver ".c" file, and a patched makefile to get it built :-)

On 08/16/2010 11:39 PM, David Kaiser wrote:
> I guess those of you that run Ubuntu Linux natively on the newer Apple
> laptops will be certainly beta testing for Ubuntu 10.10 - they're
> working on supporting the Apple multi-touch devices.
> 
> http://voices.canonical.com/chase.douglas/2010/08/16/decoding-apples-magic-trackpad/
> 
> As one who's decoded a USB device protocol and built drivers for it,
> this sounds like a pretty fun project.  Using the OSX PacketLogger is
> rather primitive but it works. I prefer decoding USb with wireshark on
> Linux, but if the device didn't have an existing driver, you'd have to
> go with whatever platform already works.
> 
> Anyone have the device that supports this driver and want to try it out?
>  I might have to get a standalone Magic Trackpad or Magic Mouse to try
> some of this out with my desktop.  It'll be neat to see what the ubuntu
> desktop uses the swipes and stuff for.

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