Re: keyboard and mouse driver module and lsmod in 2.6

[Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@suse.cz>]

On Sun, Feb 15, 2004 at 09:19:46AM +0200, sting sting wrote:
> Hello ,
> In 2.4, when you performed lsmod after boot (and after entering  X Windows)
> , if you had performed lsmod you had found that "keybdev" and "mousedev"  
> modules
> are loaded in momeory.
> 
> in 2.4, the  keybdev.c was under
> /linux-2.4-xxx/drivers/input/keybdev.c
> 
> Now, in 2.6 ,there is no keybdev.c and I assume there is also no keybdev.o 
> (am I right?
> I am not sure).
> On the other hand there is both /drivers/char/keyboard.c
> in 2.6 and 2.4 .
> 
> My question is :
> in 2.6, after boot and after starting x windows, when typing lsmod -
> what should be the parallel of keybdev.o ?
> 
> (I don't have in my 2.6, under /lib/modules/..., keybdev.o ; was I wrong
> in my configuration?)
> 
> even that I have no keybdev.o in my 2.6, ye the keyboard responds (at least
> for some minutes in the beginning).
> Or in 2.6 the keyboard driver is part of the kernel?).

In 2.6 keybdev.c is gone and it's functionality was put into keyboard.c

> and also - what is the parallel of mousedev.o ?
> I ***DO**** have mosedev.o under /drivers/input/mosedev.o but ***NOT*** 
> under
> the /lib/modules/2.6.0./.....
> 
> and also lsmod does not show mousedv.

mousedev on the other hand is still present in 2.6. Maybe you just did
not enable it.

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Vojtech Pavlik
SuSE Labs, SuSE CR