Re: Q: interface / way to "generate" input events ?

[Vojtech P. <vo...@su...>]

On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 01:41:02PM +0200, Ralf Ackermann wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> after reading input.txt in the kernel documentation my question is:
>  - Is there a way / interface to generate (feed into the kernel)
>    events into the kernel?
>    I mean - the opposite to /dev/input/eventX (that can be read) -
>    i would like to use an interface (e.g. a named pipe) that i can
>    feed data into (e.g. the bytes that normally arrive from a serially
>    attached device) so that they trigger events like a real device.
> Background - that would permit to use a network attached input device by
> just "tunneling" its data to the final destination.
> It would also permit very easy simulation / test of devices. Before i try
> myself - does that mechanism exist already? Which semantics / API does it
> have?

For complete functionality like this you'll need something ala evdev,
but turned inside out. It hasn't been written yet, though I was planning
it.

You can also write() events to evdev, but that won't create the device,
of course.

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Vojtech Pavlik
SuSE Labs