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From: Scott James Remnant <scott@canonical.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:22:55 +0000
Subject: Patches for device names
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Before I get patching, I wanted to get a consensus about what the best
patches would be, since there's a few options:

 a) kernel names match LANANA, using ! instead of /

		ACTION=3Dadd
		DEVPATH=3D/class/input/mice
		SUBSYSTEM=3Dinput
		MAJOR=3D13
		MINOR=3D63

	Pro: simplest, ! -> / already supported by udev
	Con: looks strange in sysfs;
	     /class/input/mice becomes /class/input/input!mice;
	     backwards compatibility?
		- we can match NAME=3D=3D"input/mice" for permissions,
		  this works for both!

 b) kernel names remain the same, include DEVNAME in environment

		ACTION=3Dadd
		DEVPATH=3D/class/input/mice
		DEVNAME=3D/dev/input/mice
		SUBSYSTEM=3Dinput
		MAJOR=3D13
		MINOR=3D63

	Pro: fixes sysfs and compatibility, attractive
	Con: udev needs patching, extra macro in kernel

Scott
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Scott James Remnant
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