From owner-freebsd-multimedia Fri Jun 19 04:09:07 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id EAA17194 for freebsd-multimedia-outgoing; Fri, 19 Jun 1998 04:09:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from whqvax.picker.com (whqvax.picker.com [144.54.1.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id EAA17160; Fri, 19 Jun 1998 04:08:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rhh@ct.picker.com) Received: from ct.picker.com by whqvax.picker.com with SMTP; Fri, 19 Jun 1998 7:07:11 -0400 (EDT) Received: from elmer.ct.picker.com by ct.picker.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA15915; Fri, 19 Jun 98 07:07:10 EDT Received: by elmer.ct.picker.com (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id HAA10058; Fri, 19 Jun 1998 07:06:46 -0400 Message-Id: <19980619070646.A10032@ct.picker.com> Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1998 07:06:46 -0400 From: Randall Hopper To: sos@FreeBSD.ORG, Danny Dulai , Amancio Hasty Jr , yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp, multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, hasty@rah.star-gate.com Subject: Re: X-10 Mouse Remote patch Mail-Followup-To: sos@FreeBSD.ORG, Danny Dulai , Amancio Hasty Jr , yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp, multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, hasty@rah.star-gate.com References: <19980618230545.62667@bleep.ishiboo.com> <199806190625.IAA00329@sos.freebsd.dk> <19980619064232.A9735@ct.picker.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <19980619064232.A9735@ct.picker.com>; from Randall Hopper on Fri, Jun 19, 1998 at 06:42:32AM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Sren Schmidt: |Yep it will endeed, this is the way to do it guys, the current hacks |to moused are, well, nicely put, GROSS!! ... |Guys you need to do a little design now and then, not all these |quick hacks, if not FreeBSD will end up being like the L word :) On the subject of hacks and design, when I found out this is how /dev/sysmouse works a few weeks ago, I was somewhat disappointed: /----> syscons-specific ----> / back door \ serial port -> moused ---> /dev/sysmouse -> X11 This having-to-change-the-console-driver to extend the sysmouse protocol crossed several cleaner design options off my list at the start. Why should the console driver have any special status? Just another mouse client, right? Randall To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message