Re: [CFT] changes and updates to x11 input devices

On 06/10/2018 23:02, Johannes Lundberg wrote:
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> On Sun, Jun 10, 2018 at 9:58 PM Pete Wright <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
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>     On 06/10/2018 00:01, Niclas Zeising wrote:
>     > Hi!
>     > I've been working for a little while on incorporating the various
>     > patches floating around for changes and updates to xorg input
>     drivers,
>     > mostly related to libinput.  The result can be found here, in
>     the x11
>     > team development repo:
>     >
>     > https://github.com/FreeBSDDesktop/freebsd-ports/tree/feature/input
>     >
>     > It contains upates to libinput, libeevdev, libwacom,
>     > xf86-input-libinput and dependencies.
>     >
>     > Please help me in testing this as much as possible, so that we can
>     > land it in the ports system
>     >
>     > The branch above is a complete ports tree, so you can use it to
>     build
>     > from, or to point poudriere at it.  Please test various input
>     devices,
>     > synaptics touchpads, wacom devices and so on.  Both success and
>     > failure stories are interesting.
>
>
>     i haven't had any issues installing pkgs via this branch. one
>     question
>     tho - i believe to make use of libevdev it requires a kernel built
>     with
>     evdev support correct?  if that is so - is there a specific patchset
>     that should be used?
>
>     i tested out evdev a while ago - but am not sure the patchset i have
>     laying around is the correct one.
>
>
> Hi
>
> For evdev simply add to your kernel config
>
> options     EVDEV_SUPPORT
> device        evdev
>

oh awesome - didn't realize it had been upstreamed.  thanks johannes!
-pete

-- 
Pete Wright
[email protected]
@nomadlogicLA

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