Re: PATCH [1/3] drivers/input/xpad.c: Improve Xbox 360 wireless support and add sysfs interface

[Mike Murphy <mamurph@cs.clemson.edu>]

On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 5:39 PM, Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> wrote:
>
> I tried to create such an interface years ago, and the macro tricks
> involved ended up being horrible, and in the end, it didn't work.  But
> if you can come up with something, I'd love to see it.
>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h
>

I could probably give it a shot, but possibly not until May... once
the current semester ends. I really need to understand the kernel type
system -- or at least the types that "should" be exposed to userspace
-- before thinking about the design too much. Maybe that's the
question that needs to be asked first: in general, what does a sysfs
interface into a driver look like? It's certainly flexible enough to
do a lot, and the existing interfaces allow it to do a lot, but is
there a simplification that covers some large percentage of cases?

Mike
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