[PATCH 01/12] dbus-core: Move to hw/xfree86/common dir
Alan Coopersmith
alan.coopersmith at oracle.com
Wed Jan 29 21:21:45 PST 2014
On 01/29/14 09:16 PM, Keith Packard wrote:
>> * sorry, BSDs, Solaris, etc. start using evdev already.
>
> The sad thing is that 'back in the day', Unix kernels *did* offer this
> kind of standardized interface to input devices. Of course, being Unix,
> none of them were the same. Sigh.
Yes, we still have one under Solaris - "VUID", which is what the
xf86-input-mouse & -kbd drivers talk to. In theory I could rearchitect
xf86-input-evdev to talk to VUID too, but have never had enough of a need
to invest that kind of time as long as -mouse & -kbd keep working.
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-Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersmith at oracle.com
Oracle Solaris Engineering - http://blogs.oracle.com/alanc
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