From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Jun 21 15:34:50 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA14794 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Sun, 21 Jun 1998 15:34:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from sos.freebsd.dk (sos.freebsd.dk [212.242.40.180]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA14748; Sun, 21 Jun 1998 15:34:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sos@sos.freebsd.dk) Received: (from sos@localhost) by sos.freebsd.dk (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA01045; Mon, 22 Jun 1998 00:32:28 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from sos) Message-Id: <199806212232.AAA01045@sos.freebsd.dk> Subject: Re: X-10 Mouse Remote patch In-Reply-To: <199806211851.LAA03183@antipodes.cdrom.com> from Mike Smith at "Jun 21, 98 11:51:06 am" To: mike@smith.net.au (Mike Smith) Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 00:32:28 +0200 (CEST) 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 From: Søren Schmidt Reply-to: sos@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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.... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Søren Schmidt (sos@FreeBSD.org) FreeBSD Core Team Even more code to hack -- will it ever end? .. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message