-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, 11 Nov 2002 21:03, Zephaniah E\. Hull wrote: > On Mon, Nov 11, 2002 at 07:58:50PM +1100, Brad Hards wrote: > > > EVIOCGUNIQ does not even exist in the 2.4.x headers, and EVIOCGBUS > > > happily returns 0 0 0 0, instead of useful data. > > > > What kernel are you using? I'll take a look if I can get some time. > > Note that EVIOCGBUS is gone in 2.5 (replaced by EVIOCGPHYS, which returns > > a string instead of short[4]). > > 2.4.20-pre10-ac2 > > Though I'm about to see about moving this box to 2.5.47. > > > > This means that, at least with 2.4.x, it is impossible to tell the > > > difference between two identical mice. > > > > We'll backport whatever is important to 2.4 > > That is probably going to be EVIOCGPHYS and possibily EVIOCGUNIQ. I've previously submitted patches to update 2.4, but they were knocked back (too late in the 2.4.19-pre series) at the time, and I haven't updated them.
> > > I guess this means that my next step is seeing what is available for > > > 2.5.x drivers. > > > > By the time that people are shipping X with event drivers, the kernel > > will be 2.6, and 2.4 will probably have enough coverage to work. > > Hope so. Trust me :) > Do you have any thoughts on how to get X to turn drivers on/off? That is the bit I don't know. I'm really only across the input layer and usb stuff. I've basically been lurking here, trying to find someone who knows enough X drivers, and then motivate them... > The hotplug side of things I can probably handle pretty easily, but the > X side I could use some help on. <AOL> Brad - -- http://linux.conf.au. 22-25Jan2003. Perth, Aust. I'm registered. Are you? -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE9z4BdW6pHgIdAuOMRAtDvAJ926WfQJEsUe5vgZM2mmeVHwofu0ACgpdKN JLxQsjbcbnw7qJqCxJPoX48= =EcEV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
