[PATCH] xfree86: rename allowEmptyInput to forceInputDevices.

Julien Cristau jcristau at debian.org
Thu Nov 11 00:22:56 PST 2010


On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 13:43:13 +1000, Peter Hutterer wrote:

> This is a more accurate name for the actual functionality than
> allowEmptyInput. Historically, allowEmptyInput has allowed the server to
> start with no input devices. Since 1.4 and the introduction of VCP and VCK,
> there are always two input devices present.
> 
> allowEmptyInput was changed in behaviour to essentially "ignore xorg.conf
> devices or not", auto-adding the built-in devices if disabled.
> 
> Rename to forceInputDevices, because that's essentially what it does. When
> disabled (i.e. when hotplugging is enabled), it disables all
> mouse/kbd/vmmouse devices configured in the xorg.conf file.
> When enabled, it forces the traditional behaviour for input devices:
> - use input devices configured in the server layout
> - if none are configured, use the first pointer and the first keyboard
>   device in the xorg.conf
> - if none are configured, create the default pointer/keyboard devices.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer at who-t.net>
> ---
>  hw/xfree86/common/xf86Config.c         |   36 ++++++++++++++++---------------
>  hw/xfree86/common/xf86Globals.c        |    4 +-
>  hw/xfree86/common/xf86Privstr.h        |    3 +-
>  hw/xfree86/os-support/linux/lnx_init.c |    2 +-
>  4 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
> 
Reviewed-by: Julien Cristau <jcristau at debian.org>

Cheers,
Julien


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