Re: mousedev auto load on 2.6.14-rc{2,3}

[Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>]

On Thu, Dec 01, 2005 at 04:46:14PM -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Thu, 1 Dec 2005, Greg KH wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, Dec 01, 2005 at 02:20:18PM -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Using the same config between 2.6.14 and 2.6.15-rc2 (and with rc3,
> > > haven't tried rc4). The mousedev gets auto loaded on 2.6.14 but does not
> > > with 2.6.15-rc{2,3}.  Did something change to prevent the auto loading
> > > of mousedev?
> >
> > This needs to be a FAQ somewhere.  This is a known bug in Debian's
> > hotplug/udev package that is being worked on.
> >
> > It's not a kernel bug, but a userspace one.  Other distros do not have
> > this issue, perhaps I could recommend a different one for you?  :)
> >
> 
> Actually, I never said it was a kernel bug :)
> 
> I was just wondering what changed between 2.6.14 and 2.6.15-rc2 to break
> debian's hotplug/udev packages.

The input core changed the way it exports its information in sysfs.  Now
it properly shows the heirachy of input devices (look at the difference
in /sys/class/input in 2.6.14 and 2.6.15-rc2.)  A recent version of udev
is required to be updated to handle this properly, but if you are on
unstable, you should already have that change.

Hope this helps explain things.

greg k-h