linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Input: mousedev - stop offering PS/2 to userspace by default

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Message-ID: <alpine.LSU.2.20.1612292008130.28985@cbobk.fhfr.pm>
Date:   Thu, 29 Dec 2016 20:08:32 +0100 (CET)
From:   Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>
To:     Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
cc:     linux-input@...r.kernel.org,
        Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@...hat.com>,
        Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@...-t.net>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Input: mousedev - stop offering PS/2 to userspace by
 default

On Thu, 29 Dec 2016, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:

> Evdev interface has been available for many years and by now everyone
> is switched to using it, so let's stop offering /dev/input/mouseN
> and /dev/psaux by default.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>

Makes sense to me.

	Acked-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>

Thanks,

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs