linux-kernel - Re: Fix sudden warps in mousedev

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Message-ID: <4609409F.2070203@redhat.com>
Date:	Tue, 27 Mar 2007 12:04:47 -0400
From:	Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@...hat.com>
To:	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
CC:	Pete Zaitcev <zaitcev@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-input@...ey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz,
	Peter Osterlund <petero2@...ia.com>
Subject: Re: Fix sudden warps in mousedev

Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
>>
>> And why did the mouse numbers all get rearranged in 2.6.20, e.g.
>> mouse1 became mouse2 for many people?
> 
> Input devices are not guaranteed to be stable.
> 

So people with z-axis mice need to redo their X config for each
kernel release when the device numbers change? Or should they
be using some other configuration?

People using this now have X crashes on kernel upgrade because
event1 became event2:

        Driver      "evdev"
        Option      "Device" "/dev/input/event1"

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