Re: [PATCH] to drivers/input/evdev.c to add mixer device "/dev/input/events"

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On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 04:06:04PM -0400, Dave Neuer wrote:

> On 8/15/05, Joe Peterson <[email protected]> wrote:
> > 
> > So, overall, I agree that we should not invent hacks to make up for
> > another software package's problems...
> 
> but also wrote:
> 
> > If the kernel could handle that aspect, it would make all programs more stable.
> 
> which seems a little contradictory.
> 
> However, Joe continued with:
> 
> > It does not sound right to push the handling of the intermittent nature
> > to each user program.
> 
> Indeed. Each user program should not care about it. An event/hotplug
> library should, and the user programs should use that. Like d-bus/HAL.
 
Yep. Exactly so.

-- 
Vojtech Pavlik
SuSE Labs, SuSE CR
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