From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267908AbUGaEy2 (ORCPT ); Sat, 31 Jul 2004 00:54:28 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267907AbUGaEy2 (ORCPT ); Sat, 31 Jul 2004 00:54:28 -0400 Received: from smtp811.mail.sc5.yahoo.com ([66.163.170.81]:6584 "HELO smtp811.mail.sc5.yahoo.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S267908AbUGaEy0 convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Sat, 31 Jul 2004 00:54:26 -0400 From: Dmitry Torokhov To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: input system: EVIOCSABS(abs) ioctl disabled, why? Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 23:54:25 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.6.2 Cc: Kristian =?iso-8859-1?q?H=F8gsberg?= , Vojtech Pavlik , Olav Kongas References: <20040728134313.GB4831@ucw.cz> <410B0486.6060706@bitplanet.net> In-Reply-To: <410B0486.6060706@bitplanet.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Message-Id: <200407302354.25041.dtor_core@ameritech.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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