Re: input patch

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

On Sun, Nov 25, 2001 at 02:30:46PM +0100, Johann Deneux wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Nov 2001, Johann Deneux wrote:
> 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > About the directory hierarchy, I decided to keep linus' hierarchy. Not
> > that this is a better choice, but it first appeared to me being easier
> > (fewer changes to makefiles). However, I think I will try to move to the
> > linuxconsole hierarchy in the next version.
> 
> I have been trying to do that, and encountered a problem. Making this
> input patch makes sense provided the console and input stuff are
> separable. Is that the case ? Right now, it looks to me there is a strong
> depedency: the keyboard depends on the vt, which depends on the console,
> which depends on the frame buffer.
> At the end, my input patch may more or less include the whole ruby/linux
> tree !!!

The only way the input subsystem depends on the VT is through the
keyboard.c file. However, if you use keybdev.c instead, you can keep
what's in the normal kernels. It's a hack, though not too a gross one.

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Vojtech Pavlik
SuSE Labs