Messages in this thread | | | From | "Andrey Borzenkov" <> | Subject | Re: [MOUSE] Alias for /dev/psaux | Date | Wed, 05 Nov 2003 14:03:10 +0300 |
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> This patch creates an alias for /dev/psaux so that mousedev is loaded > automatically. [...] > Index: kernel-source-2.5/drivers/input/mousedev.c [...] > +#ifdef CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_PSAUX > +MODULE_ALIAS_CHARDEV(MISC_MAJOR, PSMOUSE_MINOR); > +#endif
Well if you intend to go this way you have to add aliases for all low-level mouse drivers, e.g. HID etc. What makes psmouse so special?
And if new mouse driver is added (worst case - off tree) it won't be catched.
I like hotplug approach better ...
-andrey
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