Re: Input sysbsystema and hotplug

From: Dmitry Torokhov
Date: Tue Jun 14 2005 - 02:43:16 EST


On Tuesday 14 June 2005 02:32, Hannes Reinecke wrote:
> And yes, we should break compability and come up with a clean
> implementation.

But those pesky users scream every time we break their mice ;)

> And as the original input event is an abomination I
> don't see the point in keeping compability with a broken interface.
>

Why is it abomination (aside from using old mechanism to call
hotplug)? It looks like it transmits all data necessary to load
appropriate input handler...

--
Dmitry
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