Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 23 Nov 2005 18:12:05 -0500 | From | Dmitry Torokhov <> | Subject | Re: [git pull 09/14] Uinput: add UI_SET_SWBIT ioctl |
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On 11/23/05, Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> wrote: > Oh,and ... ARGH ! > > So you pass that nice structure > > struct input_event { > struct timeval time; > __u16 type; > __u16 code; > __s32 value; > }; > > to userland via read() ... cool, a structure that is not compatible > between 32 and 64 bits passed around via a read call. that will be fun > to fix. >
It would need the same treatment as evdev got. Entire uinput is not 32/64 bit friendly (hostorically). However, it should be used by an userspace "driver", not an ordinary program, so we probably shoudl just require using native-sized binary with uinput.
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