Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 19 Jan 2005 10:59:30 +0100 | From | Hannes Reinecke <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/2] Remove input_call_hotplug |
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Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > Hi, > > On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 15:59:35 +0100, Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de> wrote: > >>Implement proper class names for input drivers. >> > > > This patch probably should probably use atomic_inc in case we ever > have non-serialized probe functions. > True.
> But the real question is whether we really need class devices have > unique names or we could do with inputX thus leaving individual > drivers intact and only modifying the input core. As far as I > understand userspace should be concerned only with device > capabilities, not particular name, besides, it gets PRODUCT string > which has all needed data encoded. > Indeed. What about using 'phys' (with all '/' replaced by '-') as the class_id? This way we'll retain compability with /proc/bus/input/devices and do not have to touch every single driver.
Better idea?
Cheers,
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