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Re: Linux input layer evdev capturing
From: Michael Richardson <mcr () sandelman ottawa on ca>
Date: Sun, 09 Nov 2008 14:15:27 -0500
"Guy" == Guy Harris <guy () alum mit edu> writes:
>> Second, if it is, I gather this is the place to ask for a DLT_ >> value for this.. 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. -- ] ON HUMILITY: to err is human. To moo, bovine. | firewalls [ ] Michael Richardson, Sandelman Software Works, Ottawa, ON |net architect[ ] mcr () sandelman ottawa on ca http://www.sandelman.ottawa.on.ca/ |device driver[ ] panic("Just another Debian GNU/Linux using, kernel hacking, security guy"); [ - This is the tcpdump-workers list. Visit https://cod.sandelman.ca/ to unsubscribe.
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