Re: [BUG] 2.6.12-rc1/rc2 mouse0 became mouse1

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On Fri, 2005-04-08 at 09:13 -0500, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> Input devices names are not guaranteed to be stable, they get them in
> order of their registration and therefore can change based on config,
> order in which modules are loaded and changes in other modules. In
> this case shift was caused by scroll support recently added to atkbd.
> 
> Ideally hotplug system should notify interested parties about current
> layout, but for programs that do not support dynamic setup changes
> please use mice multiplexor device (/dev/input/mice) that gives access
> to data from _all_ mouse-like devices in the system.
> 
> Hope that helps.

I see, thank you... Good to know this wasn't a bug or something.


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