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[Brad Figg <brad.figg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

** Description changed:

+ SRU Justification:
+ 
+ Impact:
+ Multi-finger gestures broken on HP EliteBook 1040 laptops that use ForcePads.
+ 
+ Fix:
  Please include the following commit from mainline in Ubuntu kernel:
  
  From 5715fc764f7753d464dbe094b5ef9cffa6e479a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
  From: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx>
  Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2014 13:51:06 -0700
  Subject: Input: synaptics - add support for ForcePads
  
  ForcePads are found on HP EliteBook 1040 laptops. They lack any kind of
  physical buttons, instead they generate primary button click when user
  presses somewhat hard on the surface of the touchpad. Unfortunately they
  also report primary button click whenever there are 2 or more contacts
  on the pad, messing up all multi-finger gestures (2-finger scrolling,
  multi-finger tapping, etc). To cope with this behavior we introduce a
  delay (currently 50 msecs) in reporting primary press in case more
  contacts appear.
  
  Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  Reviewed-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@xxxxxxxxxx>
  Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx>
+ 
+ Testcase:
+ Try multi-finger gestures as well as force clicks and observe behavior.

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Title:
  Add support for ForcePads found on HP EliteBook Folio 1040

Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  SRU Justification:

  Impact:
  Multi-finger gestures broken on HP EliteBook 1040 laptops that use ForcePads.

  Fix:
  Please include the following commit from mainline in Ubuntu kernel:

  From 5715fc764f7753d464dbe094b5ef9cffa6e479a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
  From: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx>
  Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2014 13:51:06 -0700
  Subject: Input: synaptics - add support for ForcePads

  ForcePads are found on HP EliteBook 1040 laptops. They lack any kind of
  physical buttons, instead they generate primary button click when user
  presses somewhat hard on the surface of the touchpad. Unfortunately they
  also report primary button click whenever there are 2 or more contacts
  on the pad, messing up all multi-finger gestures (2-finger scrolling,
  multi-finger tapping, etc). To cope with this behavior we introduce a
  delay (currently 50 msecs) in reporting primary press in case more
  contacts appear.

  Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  Reviewed-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@xxxxxxxxxx>
  Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx>

  Testcase:
  Try multi-finger gestures as well as force clicks and observe behavior.

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