Re: evdev types

[Brad H. <bh...@bi...>]

On Fri, 3 May 2002 22:19, Vojtech Pavlik wrote:
> On Fri, May 03, 2002 at 10:02:05PM +1000, Brad Hards wrote:
> > On Fri, 3 May 2002 21:49, Vojtech Pavlik wrote:
> > > 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 ...
> >
> > The USB stuff is what I can test. However I'd forgotten about the
> > joystick stuff. I might be able to find the adapter for a joystick which
> > turns it back into gameport, but won't be able to do them all.
> >
> > I'll have a look at this (and maybe the ADB stuff, which I had thought
> > about, and also can't test).
>
> It might be enough to copy them over from 2.5. Or at least make them
> compile (which shouldn't be too tough).
I have looked at the differences, and think that I don't need to add anything 
to 2.4, because all of the changes are extensions (although EVIOCGPHYS will 
fail, because not all drivers support it - although not all drivers support 
it in CVS or 2.5 either).

I'll do the ->phys change though.

Brad