Request for a kernel patch for IBM Thinkpad trackpoint device

[Matt Zimmerman]

On Thu, Oct 07, 2004 at 02:50:28AM +0100, Jaime wrote:

> I've read a couple of times on this mailing list that the kernel guys
> would like to hear any reasons that users have for compiling their own
> kernels (as it would be preferable if users didn't have to).
> 
> I use an IBM Thinkpad (T21) and I compile my own kernels in order to use
> Stephen Evanchik's kernel patch to enable all the additional features
> for the trackpoint pointing device. It's located here:
> 
> http://www.clarkson.edu/~evanchsa/software/kernel/patches/trackpoint-2.6.6.patch
> 
> I don't know whether it's possible, but could this patch be somehow
> included in your distribution/kernel packages as standard?

Please file a report in Bugzilla with that URL, Severity: enhancement,
Component: linux, and we will look into it and see if it is suitable.

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 - mdz