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From: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de>
To: dtor_core@ameritech.net
Cc: Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@suse.cz>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] Remove input_call_hotplug
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 10:59:30 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <41EE2F82.3080401@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <d120d50005011807566ee35b2b@mail.gmail.com>

Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 15:59:35 +0100, Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de> wrote:
> 
>>Implement proper class names for input drivers.
>>
> 
> 
> This patch probably should probably use atomic_inc in case we ever
> have non-serialized probe functions.
> 
True.

> But the real question is whether we really need class devices have
> unique names or we could do with inputX thus leaving individual
> drivers intact and only modifying the input core. As far as I
> understand userspace should be concerned only with device
> capabilities, not particular name, besides, it gets PRODUCT string
> which has all needed data encoded.
> 
Indeed. What about using 'phys' (with all '/' replaced by '-') as the 
class_id? This way we'll retain compability with /proc/bus/input/devices 
and do not have to touch every single driver.

Better idea?

Cheers,

Hannes
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  reply	other threads:[~2005-01-19  9:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-01-18 14:59 [PATCH 2/2] Remove input_call_hotplug Hannes Reinecke
2005-01-18 15:56 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2005-01-19  9:59   ` Hannes Reinecke [this message]
2005-01-19 14:05     ` Dmitry Torokhov
2005-01-19 14:16       ` Hannes Reinecke
2005-01-19 14:44         ` Dmitry Torokhov
2005-01-19 14:56           ` Hannes Reinecke
2005-01-19 15:49             ` Vojtech Pavlik
2005-01-19 15:50               ` Hannes Reinecke
2005-01-19 16:53                 ` Vojtech Pavlik

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