From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750944AbWGXPMF (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 Jul 2006 11:12:05 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751019AbWGXPMF (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 Jul 2006 11:12:05 -0400 Received: from amnesiac.heapspace.net ([195.54.228.42]:43015 "EHLO amnesiac.heapspace.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750944AbWGXPME (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 Jul 2006 11:12:04 -0400 Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 18:11:59 +0300 From: Daniel Stone To: Dmitry Torokhov Cc: Magnus =?iso-8859-1?Q?Vigerl=F6f?= , linux-input@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC] input: Wacom tablet driver for simple X hotplugging Message-ID: <20060724151159.GA5082@fooishbar.org> References: <20060721211341.5366.93270.sendpatchset@pipe> <200607212209.05254.dtor@insightbb.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="XsQoSWH+UP9D9v3l" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200607212209.05254.dtor@insightbb.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --XsQoSWH+UP9D9v3l Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Jul 21, 2006 at 10:09:04PM -0400, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > On Friday 21 July 2006 17:13, Magnus Vigerl=F6f 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. > >=20 >=20 > Yes, I think fixing X would ultimately be time better spent.=20 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. Cheers, Daniel --XsQoSWH+UP9D9v3l Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFExOM+RkzMgPKxYGwRArZyAJ0UHhjdbJeTWjDkdM2iGbjb09gRgQCfRaVH MrOBGRELyhscY2AWZ0lc+7g= =scxB -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --XsQoSWH+UP9D9v3l--