From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dmitry Torokhov Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.28] mousedev: Allow devices to be excluded from /dev/input/mice Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 20:29:59 -0800 Message-ID: <20090131042959.GA3529@dtor-d630.eng.vmware.com> References: <20090130120456.GA20461@arbonne.lan> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090130120456.GA20461@arbonne.lan> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Richard Atterer Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, vojtech@ucw.cz, linux-input@vger.kernel.org, rubini@ipvvis.unipv.it, jkosina@suse.cz List-Id: linux-input@vger.kernel.org Hi Richard, On Friday 30 January 2009 04:04:56 Richard Atterer wrote: > From: Richard Atterer > > Allow devices to be excluded from /dev/input/mice > > This patch adds an "ignoreid=0x1234:0x5678" parameter to the mousedev > module. If a mouse matches the given device ID(s), its movement and button > presses will not be relayed via /dev/input/mice. > Thank you for the patch, however I don't think that it is the right solution. > Why is this needed? In my case, I'm using some mice as sensors (robotic > application, more or less), so their movement should not influence the > mouse pointer at all. I think this is the case where EVIOCGRAB use is warranted then. > I could simply specify only my main mouse in > xorg.conf rather than /dev/input/mice. However, /dev/input/mice is the only > way to allow hot-plugging of mice with X. > The newer X does support input hotplug pretty well actually. > This feature could also be used to disable non-working/buggy touchpads in > laptops. > You can already do that by unbinding serio and usb devices from their respective drivers, no need to modify mousedev. -- Dmitry