Brian S. Julin wrote: > On Thu, 29 Nov 2001, Dave Morse wrote: > >>My 2.4 box doesn't have /dev/event* yet. >>But it does have /dev/input/mice. If I use >>GII_INPUT="input-linux-mouse:imps2,/dev/mice", mhub seems to report >>buttons and mouse movement correctly, even under X11 (which also uses >>/dev/mice btw). This is with a USB wheelie mouse, haven't tried the >>ps2 yet. >> >>Is /dev/mice one of those inputs that can be opened multiple times? >> > > Apparently (I haven't read the code to see how they handle multiple opens). > > >>Is it low latency? >> > > Should be, it is a kernel-driven file handle and comes direct from > kernel-space to the application with no intermediary user-space > task. However, I'd use raw /dev/event events instead of the imps2 > translation. One less layer that way. >
Okay, I compiled kernel 2.4.16 with CONFIG_INPUT_*. Now comes the really dumb question: /dev/event /dev/input/ and /dev/mice don't exist on this box yet. How do I create them?
