Re: udev on 2.6.14 fails to create /dev/input/event2 on T40 Thinkpad

[Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com>]

Theodore Ts'o napsal(a):

>When I upgraded to 2.6.14 from 2.6.14-rc5, my X server failed to stop.  
>Investigation revealed it was because my CorePointer was the Synaptics
>driver, and the device corresponding to the Synaptics touchpad
>(/dev/input/event2 on my laptop) was not being created.  Once I manually
>created the device with the proper major/minor device numbers, X started
>correctly.
>
>A comparison of "udevinfo -e" on 2.6.14-rc5 and 2.5.14 reveals the
>following differences.  Was this change deliberate?  And can it be
>reverted?
>
>Thanks, 
>
>						- Ted
>
>
>--- udevinfo-2.6.14-rc5	2005-11-06 00:17:06.000000000 -0500
>+++ udevinfo-2.6.14	2005-11-06 00:22:42.000000000 -0500
>@@ -86,27 +86,15 @@
> P: /class/cpuid/cpu0
> N: cpu/0/cpuid
> 
>-P: /class/input/event0
>-N: input/event0
>-
>-P: /class/input/event1
>-N: input/event1
>-
>-P: /class/input/event2
>-N: input/event2
>-
>-P: /class/input/event3
>+P: /class/input/input3/event3
> N: input/event3
> 
>+P: /class/input/input3/mouse1
>+N: input/mouse1
>+
> P: /class/input/mice
> N: input/mice
> 
>-P: /class/input/mouse0
>-N: input/mouse0
>-
>-P: /class/input/mouse1
>-N: input/mouse1
>-
> P: /class/misc/device-mapper
> N: mapper/control
>  
>
You should also write which version of udev do you use.

regards,

-- 
Jiri Slaby         www.fi.muni.cz/~xslaby
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