> > Hi All, > > I'm in chager of developing a driver for a pointing > device (absolute coordinates). > > This device has two interfaces, Serial and > USB. > > I kwow it is possible to do XFree86 drivers for > Serial and I've seen such source code at XFree86 project. > > 1- Is it possible to do the same thing for the USB > interface? or Do I have to write a linux kernel driver? > 2- What are the advantages and disadvantages > of XFree86 driver and kernel driver (write/debug easiness, performance, > etc...)? > 3- What do I've to do in order to my driver be > part of XFree86 project? > 4- Is it possible do not include the XFree86 driver > into XFree86 project, but install a binary version of it after Linux (and X11) > is already installed and running? > > thanks very much in advance, > Edgard Lima > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Hi Edgard; About your questions, I like to say some things to you. 1. Yes, you need to write a kernel character driver for USB Device. What kind of pointing device do you have? Could you tell me the device name? Maybe, I can support you. 2.You need XFree driver and USB device character driver to work together.
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