[PATCH] xfree86: rename allowEmptyInput to forceInputDevices.

[Dan Nicholson]

On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 10:27 PM, Benjamin Close
<Benjamin.Close at clearchain.com> wrote:
>  On 11/11/10 20:05, Julien Cristau wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 10:08:20 +0100, Matthieu Herrb wrote:
>>
>>> I don't see a diff hunk to actually rename the option in xorg.conf
>>> and provide backward compatibility with the previous name, nor any
>>> associated documentation update.
>>>
>>> Am I missing something or what are your intents wrt the option name
>>> for xorg.conf?
>>
>> I guess you missed this one:
>>
>> http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=ec1bfbc66926130e1153facc3b92ee175f1cb6b6
>>
>
> That patch simply removes the AllowEmptyInput option. There is still nothing
> documented about the new name. Ie a user *wants* the option and suddenly
> it's renamed from underneath them with no explanation on what to use as an
> alternative.

If the user doesn't want hotplugged devices, they can set
AutoAddDevices to false. I think that's pretty clear in the
documentation.

--
Dan