commit bc7ec91718 upstream.
The spaceball.c module was not properly parsing the movement reports
coming from the device. The code read axis data as signed 16-bit
little-endian values starting at offset 2.
In fact, axis data in Spaceball movement reports are signed 16-bit
big-endian values starting at offset 3. This was determined first by
visually inspecting the data packets, and later verified by consulting:
http://spacemice.org/pdf/SpaceBall_2003-3003_Protocol.pdf
If this ever worked properly, it was in the time before Git...
Signed-off-by: Leo L. Schwab <ewhac@ewhac.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211221101630.1146385-1-ewhac@ewhac.org
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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