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List:       freedesktop-xorg
Subject:    [Xorg] Re: xserver input
From:       Jon Smirl <jonsmirl () yahoo ! com>
Date:       2004-05-30 14:58:06
Message-ID: 20040530145806.29333.qmail () web14927 ! mail ! yahoo ! com
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--- Keith Packard <keithp@keithp.com> wrote:
> Ideally, there would be real kernel support for this so that the X server 
> wouldn't have to cooperate (as it does today for mice and other 
> non-keyboard input devices).

I don't think you ever get really kernel support for this. The VT interface is
single user, the event interface is multi -user. Since VTs don't know about
multi-user if they tried to reassign event interfaces at VT swap they'd get it
wrong.

I think I have Alan Cox convinced now to consider redesigning VT support to work
in user space. This will allow multi-user VT systems. It is a topic for OLS.

=====
Jon Smirl
jonsmirl@yahoo.com


	
		
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