evdev problems

[Daniel Stone]

On Tue, Mar 20, 2007 at 11:53:09PM +0100, Magnus Vigerlöf wrote:
> Btw, how many are actually working on input-related stuff at the moment?

Just myself and Peter, really.

> I'm asking as I've been looking through the code for a few days to see what 
> changes are needed in the wacom-driver to make it hotpluggable. So far I've 
> seen memory-leaks, security holes, old limitations (and maybe some other, 
> smaller things) in the server code, but not very much activity on the list 
> addressing this. Maybe people are working, but I don't see it..

Patches for leaks and pointing out limitations would be welcome; please
send xorg_security at x.org an email about the security holes.

> I'm interested in making hotplugging work. I'm most interested in the wacom 
> driver, but if getting that driver to work means I have to work on more 
> generic parts I won't shy away from it. My 'only' problem is that I've only 
> looked at the source for a limited time and haven't lurked here long enough 
> to have the big picture, so I'd appreciate a few pointers helping me 
> understand what should happend with this part in the long term.

If you have any questions, please ask, and we'll fill you in to the best
of our ability.

Cheers,
Daniel
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