Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 2 Nov 2003 21:37:01 +0100 | From | DervishD <> | Subject | Re: /dev/input/mice doesn't work in test9? |
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Hi Andrey :)
* Andrey Borzenkov <arvidjaar@mail.ru> dixit: > > But not char-major-13-32, for example. > for kernel device == major. It is assumed that complete major is > handled by single driver.
OK, now all makes sense :)
> But again, mousedev is using range of minors and > there is currently no established way to construct aliases for that. Short of > defining > > alias char-major-13-32 mousedev > alias char-major-13-33 mousedev > ... > alias char-major-13-63 mousedev > > looks rather weird.
But, is it possible? Just guessing...
> > Yes, I'm going to build in hid, but, should I do the same with > > mousedev (or event, joystick, etc...) or will it work with hid loaded > > when doing 'cat /dev/mouse'? > yes you should build it in. Or ensure it is loaded together with hid.
It's easier if I just build it in. No need to mess with modules.conf for this one. The memory gain for having hid and mousedev as modules is minimal.
Thanks for all the explanations :)
Raúl Núñez de Arenas Coronado
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