From: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor_core@ameritech.net>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: "Kristian Høgsberg" <krh@bitplanet.net>,
"Vojtech Pavlik" <vojtech@suse.cz>, "Olav Kongas" <olav@enif.ee>
Subject: Re: input system: EVIOCSABS(abs) ioctl disabled, why?
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 23:54:25 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200407302354.25041.dtor_core@ameritech.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <410B0486.6060706@bitplanet.net>
On Friday 30 July 2004 09:31 pm, Kristian Høgsberg wrote:
> Vojtech Pavlik wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 28, 2004 at 03:41:28PM +0300, Olav Kongas wrote:
> >
> >
> >>When trying to feed calibration information to a touchscreen driver with
> >>the EVIOCSABS(abs) ioctl command, I noticed that this command is disabled
> >>in 2.6.7. Only after the modification given in the patch below it was
> >>possible to use this ioctl command.
> >>
> >>Why is the EVIOCSABS command disabled? I cannot imagine that nobody uses
> >
> >
> > It's a bug. I'll fix it.
>
> On a related note - shouldn't there also be a EVIOCSLED, or am I missing
> something obvious? How do you set keyboard LEDs?
>
I think you can use KDSKBLED/KDSETLED ioctls, but I agree that that evdev
should also provide access to the same functions.
--
Dmitry
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-07-31 4:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-07-28 12:41 input system: EVIOCSABS(abs) ioctl disabled, why? Olav Kongas
2004-07-28 13:43 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2004-07-31 2:31 ` Kristian Høgsberg
2004-07-31 3:48 ` Lee Revell
2004-07-31 4:54 ` Dmitry Torokhov [this message]
2004-07-31 9:34 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2004-07-31 9:33 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2004-07-31 15:21 ` Kristian Høgsberg
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