Date: Tue, 17 Feb 1998 14:30:21 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Zach Heilig <zach@gaffaneys.com> Cc: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>, sthaug@nethelp.no, nate@mt.sri.com, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: devfs persistence Message-ID: <199802172230.OAA03212@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 17 Feb 1998 07:24:45 CST." <19980217072445.51226@gaffaneys.com>
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> On Tue, Feb 17, 1998 at 10:57:48AM +0000, Terry Lambert wrote: > > > - ln -s cuaa0 mouse > > > This is somewhat non-sensical as well. The mouse should use a protocol > > virtualizer so that a /dev/mouse is reexported, and it doesn't matter > > what your physical mouse hardware is, the thing looks like a mousesystems > > (or other) mouse, always, so that programs don't have to care about this. > > > I think your problem is that the current mouse interface is so primitive. > > Actually, as long as daemons can make entries for devfs (in this case, moused), > everything would make sense again. They can, and they do, and the whole question is moot because the mouse support *does* use a protocol virtualiser. (moused and /dev/sysmouse) -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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