Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756242Ab0LHTFb (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Dec 2010 14:05:31 -0500 Received: from ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net ([80.76.149.212]:57015 "EHLO ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756203Ab0LHTF3 (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Dec 2010 14:05:29 -0500 Message-ID: <4CFFD6D2.5060703@euromail.se> Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2010 20:04:50 +0100 From: Henrik Rydberg User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.12) Gecko/20101027 Thunderbird/3.1.6 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Dmitry Torokhov CC: Jiri Kosina , linux-input@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Ping Cheng , Chris Bagwell Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] input: Introduce device information ioctl References: <1291706726-8835-1-git-send-email-rydberg@euromail.se> <20101207091653.GA22416@core.coreip.homeip.net> <4CFE919A.1040704@euromail.se> <20101208060200.GD4140@core.coreip.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <20101208060200.GD4140@core.coreip.homeip.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Originating-IP: 83.248.196.64 X-Scan-Result: No virus found in message 1PQPJu-00083s-3N. X-Scan-Signature: ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net 1PQPJu-00083s-3N c5784e828d3809906bb2bc7449f4c2ef Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 712 Lines: 23 > One concern is that while 32 distinct device types should be enough > should we plan for larger capability array? Should we use variable > length ioctl - like EVIOCGKEY(len) - even though Arnd does not like > them? Sounds good, but then again the struct approach feels quite extensible too... > Also, we already have /sys/class/input/input0/capabilities/ so should we > call new data item something else? Quirks maybe? Works fine in my book. Thanks, Henrik -- 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/