Re: 2.6.36/2.6.37: broken compatibility with userspace input-utils ?

Gerd Hoffmann
2011-01-26T13:09:04Z

Hi,

> Btw, I took some time to take analyse the input-kbd stuff.
> As said at the README:
>
> This is a small collection of input layer utilities. I wrote them
> mainly for testing and debugging, but maybe others find them useful
> too :-)
> ...
> Gerd Knorr<kraxel@bytesex.org> [SUSE Labs]
>
> This is an old testing tool written by Gerd Hoffmann probably used for him
> to test the V4L early Remote Controller implementations.

Indeed.

> The last "official" version seems to be this one:
> http://dl.bytesex.org/cvs-snapshots/input-20081014-101501.tar.gz

Just moved the bits to git a few days ago.
http://bigendian.kraxel.org/cgit/input/

Code is unchanged since 2008 though.

> Gerd, if you're still maintaining it, it is a good idea to apply Dmitry's
> patch:
> http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-input/msg13728.html

Hmm, doesn't apply cleanly ...

cheers,
Gerd