Re: [PATCH 59/70] USB Input: Added kernel module to support all GTCO CalComp USB InterWrite School products
"Dmitry Torokhov" <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.usb.devel |
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Hi Jeremy, On 2/10/07, Roberson, Jeremy <[email protected]> wrote: > Here is my concern. If the HID layer is fixed to support Digitizers > which means we would no longer need separate drivers, then how are > we(Digitizer manufacturers) supposed to get the digitizer input before > the X Mouse driver takes it? Please forgive my ignorance, but I'm still > learning. > Do you mean "how my X driver can consume all events without levaing anything to the default X mouse driver feeding off /dev/input/mice"? Well, mousedev multiplexor is evil and as soon as X drivers start support hotplugging of input devices we will kill it. But for now your X digitizer driver can do EVIOCGRAB ioctl ensuring that it will be the only recepient of events produced by the device in question. Does this answer your question? -- Dmitry ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier. Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ [email protected] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel