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. _______________________________________________ LinuxUsers mailing list [email protected] http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers
