Re: evdev types

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

On Fri, May 03, 2002 at 09:38:15PM +1000, Brad Hards wrote:
> On Tue, 30 Apr 2002 00:42, Vojtech Pavlik wrote:
> > On Mon, Apr 29, 2002 at 09:24:55PM +1000, Brad Hards wrote:
> > > Patch 1 - changes to 2.4.19-pre7 from CVS that are userspace visible (ie
> > > the evdev ioctl's). I am doing it without my changes (and some equivalent
> > > changes to the new "set global state" ioctls). I will send those when
> > > this set is accepted.
> OK, I have completed this part, and done some simple testing. I haven't tested 
> every ioctl() - eg. I don't have a HID device with a serial number to test 
> the EVIOCGUNIQ ioctl.
> 
> The split is partly to reduce the size of each patch, and also so the 
> ioctldrivers patch (which is basically USB changes) can go to Greg K-H, if 
> required.
> 
> This change doesn't have the sprintf->snprintf change. I think it is safe the 
> way it is, and I'll clean it up in a future change. 2.4.19-pre is pretty late 
> (next change, rc1) and I'd prefer to only put in stuff that is basically the 
> same as 2.5/ linuxconsole CVS (or where I really understand what I am doing 
> :).
> 
> If this looks reasonable, can you pass this to Marcelo?

I did. However note that you'll most likely need to update the
drivers/char/joystick drivers as well to follow the changes - not only
USB uses input on 2.4 ...

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Vojtech Pavlik
SuSE Labs