From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932206AbWGXQiZ (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 Jul 2006 12:38:25 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932207AbWGXQiZ (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 Jul 2006 12:38:25 -0400 Received: from mail1.cenara.com ([193.111.152.3]:52420 "EHLO kingpin.cenara.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932206AbWGXQiY (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 Jul 2006 12:38:24 -0400 From: Magnus =?utf-8?q?Vigerl=C3=B6f?= To: Dmitry Torokhov Subject: Re: [RFC] input: Wacom tablet driver for simple X hotplugging Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 18:28:32 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.1 Cc: linux-input@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20060721211341.5366.93270.sendpatchset@pipe> <200607221200.51700.wigge@bigfoot.com> <200607230124.56094.dtor@insightbb.com> In-Reply-To: <200607230124.56094.dtor@insightbb.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200607241828.32356.wigge@bigfoot.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sunday 23 July 2006 07:24, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: [...] > No, I was not talking about FUSD, just uinput driver that is in kernel > proper. Take a look at this: > > http://svn.navi.cx/misc/trunk/inputpipe/ > > It allows making input devices "network-transparent" and for example > use joystick physically connected to one box to play game on another. > Hmm, actually it is almost what you need, you just need modify server > to multiplex events into single device instead of creating separate > input devices. Interesting.. This might be handy for other projects. However, implementing the same module again, but in userspace, for something that really should be handled in the X-server (and will in time), nah.. I think I'll see what the X-guys are up to and see how long they've come instead. Maybe I can contribute there in some way. > > So.. Are the locking issues in evdev something that is about to be fixed > > soon or should I contribute? Or do you think the issue will be completely > > irrelevant for a user-space driver? > > No, I think you will still have the same issues with locking, unfortunately > I can't commint on a specific date when they will be resolved. Patches are > always welcome of course. Just wanted to know if you had something ongoing regarding this.. I'll see what I can come up with. /Magnus