Re: [Xf86digitaledge-general] aiptek usb support

[Lorenzo D. <ld...@li...>]

On Sunday 02 December 2001 19:03, you wrote:
> Hi Lorenzo!
>
> > Definitively when serial/usb goes into Input Linux driver, an Xinput that
> > reads from /dev/input/event0 makes works two version of this device.
>
> According to this page the kernel usb support is part of the linux-usb
> project. I gathered the informations about Chris driver from this
> list. I think if aiptek wents into the input directory then all other
> input based drivers have at least to be considered to be put there as
> well. I can't really say where it better fits, but at least the wacom
> driver would fit as input device as well like the aiptek driver.
>
right, but consider that wacom is a project started when Linux Input 
infrastructure isn't already enabled... so Xinput was the only best solution 
for that time.

Note that nowday LinuxConsole project have:
- linux kernel part ( GPL license )
- xfree part ( XFree86 license )
and xfree part enable Linux Input => XInput interfacing, only for XFree86 3.3 
release, but I am writing 4.0 ver and I hope to finish in few days.

Seems that an XFree86 license is the best solution for parts of software that 
are near to the XFree itself, so a merge is possible...
but if y think that is possible to make an linux input instead of an xinput 
for aiptek serial vers. y can license under GPL without problem.

> So I basically agree, but it still should be discussed on the
> linux-usb and the linuxconsole ML.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Reinhard