The Cypress PS/2 Trackpad driver has now been integrated into the stock Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal) kernel, as of kernel version 3.5.0-11.11 (see comment #122).
I am working to get it integrated into the stock Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise) kernel as well; I expect that will occur soon, and that it will appear in 12.04's kernel version 3.2.0-31.something.
The PPA kernels for both releases will continue to be maintained, since they also supply a backlight control fix for the DellXPS:
The Cypress PS/2 Trackpad driver has now been integrated into the stock Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal) kernel, as of kernel version 3.5.0-11.11 (see comment #122).
I am working to get it integrated into the stock Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise) kernel as well; I expect that will occur soon, and that it will appear in 12.04's kernel version 3.2.0-31.something.
The PPA kernels for both releases will continue to be maintained, since they also supply a backlight control fix for the DellXPS:
https:/ /launchpad. net/~canonical- hwe-team/ +archive/ sputnik- kernel