linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4] Add virtio-input driver.

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Message-ID: <877fu5iwxk.fsf@rustcorp.com.au>
Date:	Wed, 25 Mar 2015 13:51:43 +1030
From:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
To:	Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@...hat.com>, virtio-dev@...ts.oasis-open.org,
	virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Cc:	mst@...hat.com, David Herrmann <dh.herrmann@...il.com>,
	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
	Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@...hat.com>,
	open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"open list\:ABI\/API" <linux-api@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Vojtech Pavlik" <vojtech@...e.cz>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] Add virtio-input driver.

Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@...hat.com> writes:
> virtio-input is basically evdev-events-over-virtio, so this driver isn't
> much more than reading configuration from config space and forwarding
> incoming events to the linux input layer.
>
> Signed-off-by: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@...hat.com>

Is the input layer sane?  I've never dealt with it, so I don't know.

What's it used for?

Imagine a future virtio standard which incorporates this.  And a Windows
or FreeBSD implementation of the device and or driver.  How ugly would
they be?

Thanks,
Rusty.
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