linux-kernel - Re: appletouch quirk doesn't run at resume

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Date:	Wed, 28 Mar 2007 19:06:27 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Jiri Kosina <jikos@...os.cz>
To:	Thomas Meyer <thomas@...3r.de>
cc:	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Soeren Sonnenburg <kernel@....de>,
	linux-input@...ey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz,
	Peter Osterlund <petero2@...ia.com>
Subject: Re: appletouch quirk doesn't run at resume

On Wed, 28 Mar 2007, Thomas Meyer wrote:

> > I am not sure if this would help... According to the excerpt from X
> > log synaptics driver attempted to scan evdev devices and locate the
> > touchpad. However if this scan happen before udev had a chance to
> > process the event and create new /dev/input/eventX device node it will
> > fail.
> Okay. This strengthens above statement. And udev is too slow to create
> the devices, while the driver already scanned the directory.
> > I wonder if we should adjust the X driver to spin for a couple of 
> > seconds in EventAutoDevProbe if the touchpad was already seen once... 
> > Peter?

Yes, it looks like this is the root cause.

However I must admit that I don't like this behavior too much. We 
shouldn't rely on drivers individual userland to wait for a reasonable 
time before the udev settles down. This is not a nice API to provide. Will 
try to think of some solution which would have reasonable 
nastiness/functionality ratio.

-- 
Jiri Kosina
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