Evan Martin wrote:
>
> Is there an input driver for Linux's generic /dev/input/eventx
> interface?
<snip>
> Has someone attempted to write a driver for it? If not, is there a good
> reason I shouldn't attempt to write one? Would it belong as yet another
> modification to the (rather complicated) "mouse" driver, or as a new
> "event" driver? Is this even the right place to be asking these sorts
> of questions?
The linux usb mailing lists, for the interface into the USB system, is a
possibility, but probably the Linux Console project
(http://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxconsole/) would be better to ask
questions about the event output, but I guess this is as good a place as any
to ask X questions :)
There is at least one person running a project for this on sourceforge -
doesn't seem to have released anything yet though:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/usb-xi/
The Linux Console project sourceforge CVS has some (apparently 3.3.x only)
code for an input driver:
http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/linuxconsole/ruby/xfree86/
This might be the best place for someone who understands the Xinput
requirements to start from.
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> buttons. In any case, /dev/input/eventx is the "correct" way to get
> input events for USB devices in Linux, isn't it?
Only from 2.5 on, I think. Until then, the mixed methods (/dev/psaux,
/dev/input/mouseX, keyboard stream, etc) seem to be the "accepted" way, and
the Input layer event interface is more experimental.
Brad
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