Subject: Re: On wscons, mice, and keyboards
To: Nathan J. Williams <nathanw@mit.edu>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: current-users
Date: 07/29/1998 09:10:51
On Wed, 29 Jul 1998 11:33:12 -0400 (EDT)
"Nathan J. Williams" <nathanw@MIT.EDU> wrote:
> Sounds good, though perhaps not as architecturally organized
> as some people might like. Is it possible to make "pseudo 0" a default
> value, so that the common-case system doesn't need more stuff in it's
> config?
Uh, better yet, have a "mwms" (muxed-wsmouse) pseudo-device, and write
a wmsconfig program that uses an ioctl to redirect the events to a
particular pwms instance.
If you're going to do this mux thing, please make it configurable from
userspace, and possible to leave out of the kernel :-)
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