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Re: Linux input layer evdev capturing
From: David Gibson <david () gibson dropbear id au>
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:02:36 +1100
On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 08:58:19AM +0000, David Gibson wrote:
Michael Richardson <mcr <at> sandelman.ottawa.on.ca> writes:"Guy" == Guy Harris <guy <at> alum.mit.edu> writes:Guy> The name evdev is, as far as I know, a Linuxism, so DLT_EVDEV Guy> might suffice as a name, unless fill-in-the-blankBSD or Solaris Guy> or... ends up doing their own input layer with a different Guy> packet format and calling it evdev, although in that case we Guy> could have DLT_FREEBSD_EVDEV or DLT_NETBSD_EVDEV or.... Guy> Any objections to just DLT_EVDEV? It's my understanding that x.org folks expect *BSD or Solaris folks to either do their own event system, or to do complete rewrite rather than a port. (the evdev.c code in xorg includes linux kernel specific headers) So, I suggest DLT_EVDEV, and if we have to, we'll do: #define DLT_EVDEV_LINUX DLT_EVDEV when we get a request for a similar, but incompatible event system.I was thinking DLT_LINUX_EVDEV just to clarify that it's a Linux-internal protocol, but I'm not fussed by DLT_EVDEV either.
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