[PATCHv2] evdev: add phys property (EVIOCGPHYS) as stable identifier

[Peter Korsgaard]

>>>>> "Peter" == Peter Korsgaard <peter.korsgaard at barco.com> writes:

 Peter> xinput ids are not guaranteed to be stable between reboots (or hotplugs)
 
 Peter>  /* All devices the evdev driver has allocated and knows about.
 Peter> @@ -2463,6 +2464,17 @@ EvdevInitProperty(DeviceIntPtr dev)
 Peter>      EvdevPtr     pEvdev = pInfo->private;
 Peter>      int          rc;
 Peter>      BOOL         invert[2];
 Peter> +    char         phys[256];
 Peter> +
 Peter> +    if (ioctl(pInfo->fd, EVIOCGPHYS(sizeof(phys) - 1), phys) >= 0)
 Peter> +    {
 Peter> +        prop_phys = MakeAtom(EVDEV_PROP_PHYSICAL,
 Peter> +                             strlen(EVDEV_PROP_PHYSICAL), TRUE);
 Peter> +        rc = XIChangeDeviceProperty(dev, prop_phys, XA_STRING, 8,
 Peter> +                                    PropModeReplace, strlen(phys), phys, FALSE);
 Peter> +        if (rc != Success)
 Peter> +            return;
 Peter> +    }

Ups, somehow the XISetDevicePropertyDeletable() call disappeared - Will
resend.

-- 
Bye, Peter Korsgaard