Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1760579AbZCUFr6 (ORCPT ); Sat, 21 Mar 2009 01:47:58 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754459AbZCUFqw (ORCPT ); Sat, 21 Mar 2009 01:46:52 -0400 Received: from yx-out-2324.google.com ([74.125.44.28]:14565 "EHLO yx-out-2324.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756876AbZCUFqu (ORCPT ); Sat, 21 Mar 2009 01:46:50 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:subject:date:user-agent:cc:references:in-reply-to :mime-version:content-disposition:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:message-id; b=lau9/3IYMoBdrolnX16tofjIFppbmOvo95vV6Gl5/o6btLlR8fxWAjgUbNL5+W63Uu uTmSil7NcacZNnmXSUaUIV5P+usH0S2yjpznaEPNXnwZZ8JLLsvk+02JuTlBxOVSMPXn xBjhNYXFbzY0nZOo552biSA1AxKy8fp9n9I4A= From: Dmitry Torokhov To: Scott James Remnant Subject: Re: [PATCH 12/31] input: Auto-load mousedev module when psaux device opened. Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 22:46:44 -0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.11.1 (Linux/2.6.27.19-170.2.35.fc10.x86_64; KDE/4.2.1; x86_64; ; ) Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-input@vger.kernel.org References: <6c577b415dffe0df86954f2f3971e15a9336d6c6.1236702228.git.scott@canonical.com> In-Reply-To: <6c577b415dffe0df86954f2f3971e15a9336d6c6.1236702228.git.scott@canonical.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200903202246.44458.dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 889 Lines: 24 Hi Scott, On Tuesday 03 March 2009 07:32:15 Scott James Remnant wrote: > The mousedev module is missing the char-major-10-1 alias that would cause > it to be auto-loaded when the /dev/psaux device is opened. This patch > adds the alias. > I think we are trying to go in the different direction that what you are proposing - we should automatically load mousedev and other input handlers when input device that is compatible with that handler is registered with input core, not the other way around. This way you won't need static device node in your /dev, udev will create it for you as needed. Same goes for your other patch. -- 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/