From: Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@suse.cz>
To: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Cc: rusty@rustcorp.com.au, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@osdl.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.1-mm4
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 14:13:02 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040121131302.GA736@ucw.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040121134657.6cd27cbd.ak@suse.de>
On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 01:46:57PM +0100, Andi Kleen wrote:
> As for the implementation of doing it at runtime - i took a look at it
> but got scared by sysfs livetime rules and the lack of callbacks in module_parm.
> I think the easiest way would be to just poll the value: make it a module_parm with the
> w bit enabled, add a second set of state variables and every time you access
> the mouse you compare the module_parm variables and the shadow variables and change
> the mouse setting if they differ. Not pretty, but would probably work without
> too much sysfs black magic.
The second problem (after the sysfs magic) is that I'd have to
completely reinitialize the mouse as well, down to the features of the
mouse changing (for example no wheel anymore).
So, it's planned, but don't expect it in 2.6.2.
--
Vojtech Pavlik
SuSE Labs, SuSE CR
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[not found] ` <20040119224219.65991501.rusty@rustcorp.com.au.suse.lists.linux.kernel>
2004-01-19 12:40 ` 2.6.1-mm4 Andi Kleen
2004-01-21 4:06 ` 2.6.1-mm4 Rusty Russell
2004-01-21 4:56 ` 2.6.1-mm4 Valdis.Kletnieks
2004-01-21 8:40 ` 2.6.1-mm4 Vojtech Pavlik
2004-01-21 12:27 ` 2.6.1-mm4 Andi Kleen
2004-01-21 12:34 ` 2.6.1-mm4 Vojtech Pavlik
2004-01-21 12:46 ` 2.6.1-mm4 Andi Kleen
2004-01-21 13:13 ` Vojtech Pavlik [this message]
2004-01-22 1:31 ` 2.6.1-mm4 Rusty Russell
2004-01-21 12:53 ` 2.6.1-mm4 Dmitry Torokhov
2004-01-21 12:23 ` mouse configuration in 2.6.1 Andi Kleen
2004-01-21 12:31 ` Marcos D. Marado Torres
2004-01-21 12:42 ` Andi Kleen
2004-01-21 12:53 ` Marcos D. Marado Torres
2004-01-21 13:02 ` Andi Kleen
2004-01-21 13:06 ` Marcos D. Marado Torres
2004-01-21 13:09 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2004-01-21 12:32 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2004-01-22 1:14 ` Rusty Russell
2004-01-17 13:13 2.6.1-mm4 Thomas Molina
2004-01-17 18:14 ` 2.6.1-mm4 Hugh Dickins
2004-01-17 18:52 ` 2.6.1-mm4 Andrew Morton
2004-01-19 7:16 ` 2.6.1-mm4 Rusty Russell
2004-01-19 11:29 ` 2.6.1-mm4 Rusty Russell
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2004-01-16 6:59 2.6.1-mm4 Andrew Morton
2004-01-16 9:34 ` 2.6.1-mm4 Prakash K. Cheemplavam
2004-01-21 18:46 ` 2.6.1-mm4 Prakash K. Cheemplavam
2004-01-21 19:20 ` 2.6.1-mm4 Valdis.Kletnieks
2004-02-11 22:22 ` 2.6.1-mm4 Prakash K. Cheemplavam
2004-02-12 5:52 ` 2.6.1-mm4 Valdis.Kletnieks
2004-02-12 7:30 ` 2.6.1-mm4 Prakash K. Cheemplavam
2004-02-12 8:46 ` 2.6.1-mm4 Valdis.Kletnieks
2004-02-12 13:15 ` 2.6.1-mm4 Prakash K. Cheemplavam
2004-02-12 16:11 ` 2.6.1-mm4 Prakash K. Cheemplavam
2004-01-16 13:45 ` 2.6.1-mm4 Ed Tomlinson
2004-01-16 17:32 ` 2.6.1-mm4 Thomas Schlichter
2004-01-16 14:49 ` 2.6.1-mm4 Fabian Fenaut
[not found] ` <200401161449.i0GEnoAv026627@fire-1.osdl.org>
2004-01-16 17:03 ` 2.6.1-mm4 Andrew Morton
2004-01-16 18:11 ` 2.6.1-mm4 Fabian Fenaut
2004-01-16 17:37 ` 2.6.1-mm4 Thomas Schlichter
2004-01-16 17:58 ` 2.6.1-mm4 Thomas Schlichter
2004-01-17 1:31 ` 2.6.1-mm4 Greg Fitzgerald
2004-01-17 1:40 ` 2.6.1-mm4 Mike Fedyk
2004-01-17 2:07 ` 2.6.1-mm4 Greg Fitzgerald
2004-01-17 2:24 ` 2.6.1-mm4 Mike Fedyk
2004-01-17 4:05 ` 2.6.1-mm4 Dmitry Torokhov
2004-01-17 4:22 ` 2.6.1-mm4 Greg Fitzgerald
2004-01-17 2:22 ` 2.6.1-mm4 Adrian Bunk
2004-01-18 0:12 ` 2.6.1-mm4 J.A. Magallon
2004-01-18 5:55 ` 2.6.1-mm4 Andrew Morton
2004-01-18 8:11 ` 2.6.1-mm4 J.A. Magallon
2004-01-18 8:17 ` 2.6.1-mm4 Andrew Morton
2004-01-19 11:42 ` 2.6.1-mm4 Rusty Russell
2004-01-19 11:46 ` 2.6.1-mm4 Luiz Fernando Capitulino
2004-01-20 0:26 ` 2.6.1-mm4 Thomas Molina
2004-01-20 0:57 ` 2.6.1-mm4 Andrew Morton
2004-01-20 2:13 ` 2.6.1-mm4 Thomas Molina
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