evdev driver issue

[Vinay Reddy]

> I'm still recovering from a nasty little bug, but what version of
> xf86-input-evdev are you running?
>
> Absolute support is still not as great as it could be, but it _should_
> work in the current release (1.1.2).

I'm using 1.0.0.5 (from the xorg7.0 release).

evdev refuses to accept my device as a mouse unless it has a relative
axis. Is that normal behaviour on part of evdev? What part of code in
evdev should I be looking at? Any pointers would be appreciated...

Thanks,
Vinay