Re: No patches any more - fake tty driver

[Aivils S. <ai...@un...>]

On Otrdiena, 30. Augusts 2005 19:39, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
> --- Aivils Stoss <ai...@un...> wrote:
> > On Otrdiena, 30. Augusts 2005 13:21, Hugo Vanwoerkom
> >
> > wrote:
> > > --- Aivils Stoss <ai...@un...> wrote:
> > > > Hi , All!
> > > >
> > > > Don't like patched kernel. Ok try out vanilla!
> > >
> > > In trying this out on vanilla 2.6.11 the installs
> >
> > went
> >
> > > more or less OK given some differences between
> >
> > linux
> >
> > > versions.
> > >
> > > But the start of faketty gives no messages. Those
> > > ftty[0-9] have to be allocated because they don't
> > > exist.
> >
> > Seems i should add some message. i forgot .
> >
> > major is INPUT_MAJOR == 13
> > minor is FTTY_MINOR_BASE == 128
> > crw-rw----  1 root root 13, 128 aug 30 13:54
> > /dev/ftty0
> > owner, group, mode depends from hobbyhorse of system
> > operator
>
> Does the trick.
>
> But the keyboards are backwards. I.e. the one in front
> of monitor1 works on monitor2 and vv. The mice work
> correctly.

faketty.c code is borowed from evdev.c mostly 1:1.
I suppose first registered keyboard have ftty0.
However You are not forced to use stright links like
/dev/tty50 -> /dev/ftty0
Instead create that symbolic link in runtime.
In case of udev usage, You can create new udev rule.
You can use old best /dev/ttyXX for 1st X server
and old best text mode too.

> I changed /etc/hotplug/kbd.conf (vanilla Debian now)
> but that seemed to have no effect. cat

Yes. Just like evdev, faketty have not runtime
steering interface. Just like evdev faketty have mess with
replugged USB devices.

> /proc/bus/input/devices shows:
> /Tue Aug 30-10:49:48HDA8# cat /proc/bus/input/devices
>
> Also the mouse on monitor1 (=TNT2 AGP with Nvidia
> driver and evdev protocol) traces garbage. The mouse
> on monitor 2 does not (=MX-440 PCI)

faketty should not have any influence to another input
interfaces like kbd,mouse,event. It register new input
handler only.

>
> Looks like an elegant solution.
>
Time shows.

Aivils