Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 15 Aug 2005 22:13:47 +0200 | From | Vojtech Pavlik <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] to drivers/input/evdev.c to add mixer device "/dev/input/events" |
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On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 04:06:04PM -0400, Dave Neuer wrote:
> On 8/15/05, Joe Peterson <joe@skyrush.com> wrote: > > > > So, overall, I agree that we should not invent hacks to make up for > > another software package's problems... > > but also wrote: > > > If the kernel could handle that aspect, it would make all programs more stable. > > which seems a little contradictory. > > However, Joe continued with: > > > It does not sound right to push the handling of the intermittent nature > > to each user program. > > Indeed. Each user program should not care about it. An event/hotplug > library should, and the user programs should use that. Like d-bus/HAL.
Yep. Exactly so.
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