driver/xf86-input-keyboard wants IDevPtr

[Peter Hutterer]

On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 04:59:39PM -0500, Trevor Woerner wrote:
> Of the 10 input drivers of which build.sh is aware:
> 
> driver/xf86-input-aiptek
> driver/xf86-input-evdev
> driver/xf86-input-joystick
> driver/xf86-input-vmmouse
> driver/xf86-input-acecad
> driver/xf86-input-keyboard
> driver/xf86-input-mouse
> driver/xf86-input-penmount
> driver/xf86-input-synaptics
> driver/xf86-input-void
> 
> The following drivers fail to compile due to this same issue:
> 
>     driver/xf86-input-aiptek
>     driver/xf86-input-joystick
>     driver/xf86-input-acecad
>     driver/xf86-input-keyboard
>     driver/xf86-input-mouse
>     driver/xf86-input-penmount
>     driver/xf86-input-void
> 
> In other words only the following successfully compile:
> 
> driver/xf86-input-evdev
> driver/xf86-input-vmmouse
> driver/xf86-input-synaptics
> 
> All from the same issue you mention.
> 
> I had started trying to fix up the driver/xf86-input-aiptek driver to
> try to get it compiling again but ran into the issue that the
> semantics of InputDriverRec's PreInit function changed from returning
> a InputInfoPtr to returning a status. If it were simply a matter of
> search and replace with the appropriate ABI checks I could have
> handled it, but with the changing semantics I'm not so sure and would
> need more guidance.

I've got patches ready for all but the penmount driver I think, just need to
upstream them. IIRC the acecad patches are on the list waiting for some
review lovin'.

Cheers,
  Peter