Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 20 May 1999 22:58:53 +0200 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: Mouse and keyboard drivers in the Linux Kernel? |
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Hi!
> > We are getting close to finishing the port of our SciTech Multi- > > platform Graphics Library to Linux (free Open Source under our > > modified mozilla PL). One thing has been bothering me for some time > > is that Linux does not appear to have a *full* mouse driver built > > into the kernel. There is the /dev/mouse device you can use to > > communicate with the currently configured mouse, however this device > > simply passes back the raw mouse protocol data and we need to know > > about *all* the different types of mice that can be attached, and to > > somehow figure out what one is actually connected. > > > [rest deleted] > > Agreed, the current setup is messy (users don't care if their mouse is a > /dev/psaux, /dev/inportbm, etc., and they don't always want to do their > keycode translation in userspace). > > Vojtech Pavlik has been working on a generic input device framework that > deals with many of your issues.
Unfortunately, vojta's work is, say, not completely stable, yet.
Before vojtas patches are stable, either:
* use X windows
* run gpm in repeater mode, then read data from /dev/gpmdata (they are in mousesystems protocol). This is THE right way, for now. gpm will do translation for you.
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