[PATCH] RFC: remove repeater functionality from xf86-input-synaptics

[Magnus Kessler]

I would like to propose to remove the repeater functionality completely from 
the synaptics touchpad driver. It is buggy in its current implementation 
and its usefulness is questionable.

According to the INSTALL file, the repeater is there only for testing. In 
fact, if a supported device is found even a configured repeater fifo is 
automatically disabled. For most users the functionality is therefore 
irrelevant and can be confusing. If I understand the workings of the 
repeater correctly, a developer could instead just read the data directly 
from an unsupported device's character special file under /dev 
or /dev/input.

With today's more dynamic device configuration possibilities via udev and 
hal it's also less likely that the synaptics driver would silently block 
another devices data, this situation being for what the repeater 
functionality seems to have been introduced in the past.

Please review the attached patch and apply if appropriate.

Best Regards,

Magnus Kessler

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