Re: [PATCH 001/001] INPUT: new ioctl's to retrieve values of EV_REP and EV_SND event codes

Dmitry Torokhov
2006-04-24T15:03:19Z

On 4/24/06, Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@suse.cz> 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?

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Dmitry