From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932259AbWDYPQc (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Apr 2006 11:16:32 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932258AbWDYPQb (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Apr 2006 11:16:31 -0400 Received: from styx.suse.cz ([82.119.242.94]:25579 "EHLO mail.suse.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932251AbWDYPQb (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Apr 2006 11:16:31 -0400 Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 17:16:28 +0200 From: Vojtech Pavlik To: dtor_core@ameritech.net Cc: bjd , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 001/001] INPUT: new ioctl's to retrieve values of EV_REP and EV_SND event codes Message-ID: <20060425151628.GA11078@suse.cz> References: <20060422204844.GA16968@skyscraper.unix9.prv> <20060424145747.GA5906@suse.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Bounce-Cookie: It's a lemon tree, dear Watson! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 09:19:42AM -0400, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > On 4/24/06, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > > On 4/24/06, Vojtech Pavlik wrote: > > > On Mon, Apr 24, 2006 at 10:31:39AM -0400, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > > > > > > > > Vojtech, could you remind me why EVIOC{G|S}REP were removed? Some > > > > people want to have ability to separate keyboards (via grabbing); they > > > > also might want to control repeat rate independently. Shoudl we > > > > reinstate these ioctls? > > > > > > I believe they were replaced by the ability to send EV_REP style events > > > to the device, setting the repeat rate. > > > > > > > Argh, why am I always forgetting about ability to write events into devices? > > Thinking about it some more - writing to the event device is an > elegant way to set repeat rate but how do you retrieve current repeat > rate for a given device? You can't. And that's likely a problem that needs fixing. -- Vojtech Pavlik Director SuSE Labs