Re: Event API changes - EVIOCGID

[Johann Deneux <johann.deneux@laposte.net>]

Brad Hards wrote:
> On Sun, 28 Jul 2002 18:22, Vojtech Pavlik wrote:
> 
 > [...]
> 
>>__u* is used extensively in the input API anyway, so you'd have to
>>explain it to userspace programmers nevertheless. So I prefer keeping
>>the input.h include use just one type of explicit sized types.
> 
> So do I, and it had better be a standard type.
> 
> Note that the input API does *NOT* use __u* extensively. In fact
> if you take out the force feedback stuff (which Johannes already

(Just a detail: my name is Johann)

> agreed to change:), this is the *only* _u* usage in any part of the 
> input API.
> 

I did this change in the past, but it was undone (not by me), as it 
would break user-space applications. I definitely agree to use uint16_t.

> 
>>Sure, we can change them all to uint*_t, but then do it all at once and
>>provide a satisfactory explanation for it. ;)
> 
> I am doing it all. Johannes agreed to the change, and I did the only
> other required entry. If Johannes agrees, I'll do the trivial changes
> for force-feedback.

Ok with me.

> The reason why I am not doing it all at once is to provide patches
> that do one API change at a time. Or, depending on how you look
> at it, I did the only change all-at-once, and you reverted it :)
> 
> Brad
> 

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Johann Deneux