From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932498AbVLAVun (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Dec 2005 16:50:43 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932500AbVLAVun (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Dec 2005 16:50:43 -0500 Received: from mail.kroah.org ([69.55.234.183]:11159 "EHLO perch.kroah.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932498AbVLAVun (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Dec 2005 16:50:43 -0500 Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2005 13:50:17 -0800 From: Greg KH To: Steven Rostedt Cc: Linus Torvalds , LKML Subject: Re: mousedev auto load on 2.6.14-rc{2,3} Message-ID: <20051201215017.GB22439@kroah.com> References: <1133464818.7130.27.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20051201213431.GA22439@kroah.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Dec 01, 2005 at 04:46:14PM -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote: > On Thu, 1 Dec 2005, Greg KH wrote: > > > On Thu, Dec 01, 2005 at 02:20:18PM -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > Using the same config between 2.6.14 and 2.6.15-rc2 (and with rc3, > > > haven't tried rc4). The mousedev gets auto loaded on 2.6.14 but does not > > > with 2.6.15-rc{2,3}. Did something change to prevent the auto loading > > > of mousedev? > > > > This needs to be a FAQ somewhere. This is a known bug in Debian's > > hotplug/udev package that is being worked on. > > > > It's not a kernel bug, but a userspace one. Other distros do not have > > this issue, perhaps I could recommend a different one for you? :) > > > > Actually, I never said it was a kernel bug :) > > I was just wondering what changed between 2.6.14 and 2.6.15-rc2 to break > debian's hotplug/udev packages. The input core changed the way it exports its information in sysfs. Now it properly shows the heirachy of input devices (look at the difference in /sys/class/input in 2.6.14 and 2.6.15-rc2.) A recent version of udev is required to be updated to handle this properly, but if you are on unstable, you should already have that change. Hope this helps explain things. greg k-h