Re: evdev input update (Help needed)

"Zephaniah E. Hull" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.xfree86.expert
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 09:07:00PM +1100, Brad Hards wrote:
> On Sat, 7 Dec 2002 21:02, Zephaniah E\. Hull wrote:
> > Now, another challenge is figuring out if we are using a 2.4.x style
> > input core (and thus the mess that goes with it), or a 2.5.x style input
> > core (and thus the much nicer events all around).
> #ifdef EV_SYN will tell you if you have current 2.4, or something more like 
> 2.5.

It MUST be run time, I already have to assume that we are compiling
with 2.4.x headers even if we are running on a 2.5.x box.

> 
> > Ideally at run time, because some people will be switching back and
> > forth.
> EVIOCGVERSION, if only it was updated when things changed :(

Official word from on high is that this will only change if the actual
protocol for passing events changes, which is unlikely.

Zephaniah E. Hull.
> 
> Brad

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