Re: 'Phys:' field for keyboards (and other input devices)

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

On Mon, Sep 23, 2002 at 03:38:01PM +0200, Andreas Schuldei wrote:
> I think the dev->phys entry in the input layer is an important
> key to associating a given keyboard with a certain VT (in
> kbd_connect()). 
> 
> I see that for USB keyboards and for ps2 keyboars this field is
> filled in nicely. But are there any other keyboards that are
> valid as controlling keyboards (or in other ways desireable to
> bind to a VT) that do NOT have a valid dev->phys entry?

Everyu input device is required to have a phys entry.

> it is important to bind Keyboards to VTs to be able to start
> Xservers on that VT. Mice (for X) can be configured in the
> XF86Config. but it would perhaps be nice to be able to configure
> which mouse goes with which /dev/input/mouse* device, which in
> turn get used in the XF86Config. Do people agree on this or is
> that unneeded featureism?

No, X should be taught to open the correct /dev/input/event* device (not
mouse*), based on a phys (or ID or ...) entry given in XF86Config.

> Do joysticks need to be bound to
> certain VTs, too? I would not know, I do not even have one. How
> are they accessed?

So far only through /dev/input/js* and /dev/input/event*

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