Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262809AbVD2QEP (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Apr 2005 12:04:15 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262808AbVD2QEO (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Apr 2005 12:04:14 -0400 Received: from rproxy.gmail.com ([64.233.170.203]:53539 "EHLO rproxy.gmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262814AbVD2QD3 convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Apr 2005 12:03:29 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=JlVWI9W/EzAGdS1FbZRMfqmWUY5JonkmFSuMPKyTEXemp7NBVOPMd8Mjsmozc15OH/8UQmUVHwKbxQomjw8X3OO0FGYgYwNlmuG+7IazyK2tCJOVh2Dw4tN9gKHHkMG5UjGtOgWHNHkhfFJIby2WTt0JMNqQu//yXyN+gk/VRjw= Message-ID: Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 11:03:24 -0500 From: Dmitry Torokhov Reply-To: dtor_core@ameritech.net To: Christoph Pleger Subject: Re: Serial Mouse in Kernel 2.6 Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20050429145248.3551b9ea.Christoph.Pleger@uni-dortmund.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Content-Disposition: inline References: <20050429145248.3551b9ea.Christoph.Pleger@uni-dortmund.de> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1242 Lines: 34 Hi, On 4/29/05, Christoph Pleger wrote: > Hello, > > When configuring Kernel 2.6.11.7, I found under Input Devices two > options which seem to have to do with serial mouse support: > > 1. Serial line discipline (module serport) > 2. Serial Mouse support (module sermouse) > > Ic compiled both these features as a module. But after rebooting with > the new kernel, the serial mouse is working well with gpm and with X11, > although none of the above modules are loaded. > > So, what for are the modules mentioned above needed? > If you load the modules and use input_attach program to set up your mouse then you can access it via /dev/input/mice together with the rest of you mice, PS/2, USB, etc. This way you have only one input device for you mouse and do not have to change millions of programs (actually 2) if you happen to install a new mouse. You seem to still using the mouse by accessing /dev/ttySx port and using serial mouse driver. -- Dmitry - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/