Comment 86 for bug 9068

Isn't this all the kernel issue, not Xorg one? IMHO the kernel should support the serial mice as it supports PS/2 mice.
I tested my COM mouse on Windows, and when i press "search for new hardware" button, it just autodetects it. I don't even have to move the mouse. And, as i experimented with my mouse on linux, it gives some 55 bytes of (supposedly) identification data on power-on (or minicom 'initialize modem'). I looked into leaked WindNT sources and found that windows uses these (or similar) data to identify mouse.