[linux-dvb] Re: Announcement: work on "dvb-kernel" finished

[Holger Waechtler <holger@convergence.de>]

Oliver Endriss wrote:
> Holger Waechtler wrote:
>
> > Oliver Endriss wrote:
> >
> > > There is a problem with the new input driver implementation in
> > > 2.5.x: The keyboard driver listens to all 'EV_KEY' events, i.e.
> > > pressing '5' on the remote control will be recognized by the
> > > keyboard driver... Any idea how this could be solved?
> > that's kind of a design flaw in the keyboard input driver. If you
> > don't use USB keyboards you can safely disable this driver, but on
> > the long run it would be nice if somebody would add a 'send events
> > from this device through the keyboard layer' flag to the input device
> > struct.
>
> Sure? With 2.4.x kernels it's possible to disable the driver because 
> only USB stuff uses the input driver. With 2.5.x *all* keyboard input 
> is passed through the input driver. No way to disable this if you need 
> a keyboard. :-(
ah, ok - you're right.

Holger



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