Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 00:32:28 +0200 (CEST) From: Søren Schmidt <sos@FreeBSD.ORG> To: mike@smith.net.au (Mike Smith) Cc: sos@FreeBSD.ORG, rhh@ct.picker.com, nirva@ishiboo.com, yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp, hasty@rah.star-gate.com, multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: X-10 Mouse Remote patch Message-ID: <199806212232.AAA01045@sos.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: <199806211851.LAA03183@antipodes.cdrom.com> from Mike Smith at "Jun 21, 98 11:51:06 am"
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In reply to Mike Smith who wrote:
> > And it has NO business in moused whatsoever, its a hack and it doesn't
> > belong there. I'm sorry I havn't noticed this before, but its should be
> > ripped out ASAP, I would never have allowed it in there if I had
> > found out before.
>
> Actually, no. The MouseRemote is a mouse, amongst other things, and
> it's specifically intended to be connected inline with mice. As such,
> our protocol handler for mouse data streams is the correct place to put
> it. Ripping it out without simultaneously coming up with an equally
> functional and architecturally 'better' solution is not going to endear
> you to anyone.
Hmm.
> I did actually propose to Randall the implementation of a stackable
> 'interception' layer, again to be managed by moused, however with only
> one device (so far) in this particular circumstance, it didn't seem
> worth the effort.
No but it would have been the right thing, now we have to defend moused
against every crude hack that comes along, because of precedence :(
It wouldn't have been THAT hard to do it right to begin with.
I'm still saying its wrong, and bad engineering....
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Søren Schmidt (sos@FreeBSD.org) FreeBSD Core Team
Even more code to hack -- will it ever end?
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