On Sat, 16 Jan 2016 11:38:08 -0800 Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > I do not think you are doing your users any favors by limiting them to > > > PS/2 emulation. For desktops, unless they only use basic mice mousedev > > > emulation does not work well for neither touchpads, nor tablets, nor > > > touchscreens. And for appliances you do not need mouse at all. Maybe if > > > you targeting kiosks with limited UI it will work for a bit. I wonder > > > how long Xorg will be keeping lights on for mouse_drv. > > > > > > I am tempted to deprecate mousedev and maybe joydev as well. They were > > > supposed to fill the gap between then current applications and kernel, > > > but that was 10+ years ago. > > > > It's a choice we leave up to the users. The majority uses normal > > desktops with normal mice, touch screens and tablets tend to be a > > rarity in our userbase. So we can serve the majority without the bloat > > of Xorg, but those who need it can install it. > > So people who do not need Xorg do not need the mouse either, right? I am > still confused who your target user base is. By default we ship Xvesa, as mentioned. It's a different X server, very much smaller. It works with practically every graphics card, and support for normal mice is quite enough for the majority. > > That's why I was asking for a runtime way - the default should work, > > but so should VMWare's nicer mouse integration when Xorg is installed. > > That concern was resolved with the statement the older support is not > > being considered for removal. The original issue will be solved by > > disabling VMMOUSE in our kernel. > > I guess you can disable this (bit then you need to carry Xorg vmmouse > driver), but then you'll still have to pay the piper once Xorg drops > root support and X vmmouse driver will not be able to access the > hypervisor port. I believe Wayland will have become mainstream before that happens ;) - Lauri -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-input" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
