Re: Status: Conversion to input layer on PPC

[Franz S. <Fra...@la...>]

At 14:37 14.07.00, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
>On Fri, Jul 14, 2000 at 01:15:57PM +0200, Franz Sirl wrote:
> > - the input layer drivers are not built if CONFIG_USB=n, can that 
> please be
> > changed in 2.4?
>
>This is really a good idea. In 2.4 the joystick driver use the input 
>layer, too.
>IMHO we should move all input drivers to drivers/input and maybe add the
>serial mouse driver and convert the busmouse drivers to the input layer.
>
>This would give linux 2.4 a coherent mouse interface without too much work.

Maybe already too invasive for Linus right now, that's why I kept my 
request to a minimum, it would only require a small reshuffle of 
drivers/usb/Config.in and drivers/usb/Makefile. Certainly I would prefer to 
get a separate drivers/input/ in 2.4 (it's the much cleaner solution), but 
I fear it might not be accepted... Anyone already talked to Linus about 
that? Should I first try to send Linus a patch to create drivers/input and 
move the input stuff over from drivers/usb? Doing nothing else to the code, 
just a pure move and Config.in/Makefile.in adjustment?

Franz.