Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2014 23:32:53 +0000 From: Robert Millan <rmh@freebsd.org> To: Alex Kozlov <spam@rm-rf.kiev.ua> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] ignore uhid devices in X devd backend Message-ID: <52FD5625.6010604@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <52EFAC5D.8010603@freebsd.org> References: <52EFAC5D.8010603@freebsd.org>
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On 03/02/2014 14:49, Robert Millan wrote: > > This patch removes uhid from the hw_types[] list. According to the > uhid driver description, this driver is only a fallback for devices > not supported by any other driver. > > On my system, the USB keyboard shows up as an uhid device in addition > to /dev/ukbd0, but the previous devd code misidentified it as a mouse. > > This just leads to trouble when X attempts to open() it and fails, > for the reasons described in my earlier devd_no_kbd.diff patch. This might no longer apply with the code in: http://trillian.chruetertee.ch/ports/browser/trunk/x11-servers/xorg-server/files/extra-devd which includes an open() test with fallback. (still I don't see the point of processing uhid devices, though) -- Robert Millan
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