From: David Brownell <david-b@pacbell.net>
To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Hotplugs and [input] dev links.
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 17:08:19 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <marc-linux-hotplug-97975240619479@msgid-missing> (raw)
> I believe that it's the job of the hotplug system to do the links
> dynamically from (openned)/dev/(usb|input)/device to /dev/device, like
> cardmgr do for /dev/modem.
I'm not so sure that's even desirable. But wouldn't that
be a job for "devfsd", if it were?
> The problem is that i don't see no ways to
> detect where the devices has been openned.
You mean "device has been connected", right?
> For example if i have a (usb) mouse and a (usb) keyboard, if i load
> the mousedev and usbmouse i get the mouse working on :
>
> /dev/input/mouse0
>
> if i load before the keyboard i get the keyboard on /dev/input/mouse0 and after
> the mouse on /dev/input/mouse1, so how could we get an information
> where to setup the link ?
>
> [Maybe it should be Cc'ed to usb-devel]
If this is your combined keyboard/mouse device, I'm not sure I see
what the problem is. /dev/input/mice should handle things.
- Dave
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