xorg input driver for accelerometer

[Peter Hutterer]

On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 02:41:30PM +0200, Éric Piel wrote:
> Op 11-08-10 12:29, yogesh gole schreef:
> > Hi All,
> > 
> > How does the XServer handle accelerometer events, is there any
> > xorg-input-driver available for accelerometer support
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Normally the accelerometer drivers in Linux export the position as a
> joystick. So, I haven't tried but I imagine the joystick driver would work.
> 
> Which accelerometer (kernel driver) do you have?
> 
> Does anyone know how to load the joystick driver on an already running
> xserver? Maybe all which is needed is to add a matching fdi rule, and
> then "plug in" the joystick (unloading and reloading the module)?

yeah, drivers don't actually have a say in hotplugging, it's done by the X
server only. so if the joystick driver works with an xorg.conf setting, it
will also work with fdi/udev/xorg.conf.d.

Cheers,
  Peter