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SubjectRe: [RFC] input: Wacom tablet driver for simple X hotplugging
On 7/24/06, Daniel Stone <daniel@fooishbar.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 21, 2006 at 10:09:04PM -0400, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> > On Friday 21 July 2006 17:13, Magnus Vigerlöf wrote:
> > > I'd appreciate whether you think this is a viable idea to make it as a
> > > generic driver instead or should I continue with the Wacom-specific
> > > one. I know the 'right' thing would be to make X truly hot-plug aware,
> > > but this driver is something that would be possible to use in current
> > > systems without any problems.
> > >
> >
> > Yes, I think fixing X would ultimately be time better spent.
>
> It's already mostly done, and should hopefully land for 7.2. It's a
> neat concept, along the lines of /dev/input/mice, but the time for that
> kind of pathological braindamage is long gone.
>

Oh that is the great news!

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Dmitry
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