linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.36/2.6.37: broken compatibility with userspace input-utils ?

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Message-ID: <4D401CC5.4020000@redhat.com>
Date:	Wed, 26 Jan 2011 14:08:21 +0100
From:	Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@...hat.com>
To:	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...hat.com>
CC:	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
	Mark Lord <kernel@...savvy.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-input@...r.kernel.org, linux-media@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.36/2.6.37: broken compatibility with userspace input-utils
 ?

   Hi,

> Btw, I took some time to take analyse the input-kbd stuff.
> As said at the README:
>
> 	This is a small collection of input layer utilities.  I wrote them
> 	mainly for testing and debugging, but maybe others find them useful
> 	too :-)
> 	...
> 	Gerd Knorr<kraxel@...esex.org>  [SUSE Labs]
>
> This is an old testing tool written by Gerd Hoffmann probably used for him
> to test the V4L early Remote Controller implementations.

Indeed.

> The last "official" version seems to be this one:
> 	http://dl.bytesex.org/cvs-snapshots/input-20081014-101501.tar.gz

Just moved the bits to git a few days ago.
http://bigendian.kraxel.org/cgit/input/

Code is unchanged since 2008 though.

> Gerd, if you're still maintaining it, it is a good idea to apply Dmitry's
> patch:
> 	http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-input/msg13728.html

Hmm, doesn't apply cleanly ...

cheers,
   Gerd
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