Bug#673588: Elantech touchpad detected as PS2 mouse

[Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>]

found 673588 linux-2.6/3.2.9-1
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Nicola Alessi wrote:

>                      I read from my apt/history.log that the first
> kernel version I used was 3.2.9-1, and the problem was there, never
> disappearing on upgrades. Maybe it's a regression from older versions,
> but I can't tell you.

No problem.

> I can try the upstream version (I suppose it's better if I build it "the
> debian way" as indicated in the debian kernel handbook) and report here.

Ok.  Some quick tips to save time:

. "scripts/config --disable DEBUG_INFO" makes the intermediate build
  products smaller

. "make localmodconfig" decreases the scope of the build, making it faster
  and smaller (it disables building modules that aren't loaded, since
  they presumably mostly are for hardware you do not have or do not use)

So the instructions are:

 1. extract a tarball, or clone from your favorite git tree
 2. cp /boot/config-$(uname -r) .config
 3. scripts/config --disable DEBUG_INFO
 4. make localmodconfig
 5. make deb-pkg (with -j<num> for parallel build if wanted)

Thanks for your work.
Jonathan