[ltp] Kernel 2.6 and two mice

[Vincent Touquet]

On Tue, May 25, 2004 at 12:03:45PM +0200, Edi Weitz wrote:
>On Tue, 25 May 2004 11:55:45 +0200, Tino Keitel <tino.keitel@gmx.de> wrote:
>
>> With devfs, there would be a device node for a device only if it
>> really exists. That way, you could see if there is a new device node
>> in /dev/input if you re-plug in the mouse.
>
>I think the 2.6 way to do this is with udev instead of devfs. I had
>already tried that (see my original email) and, in fact,
>/dev/input/mouse1 disappears if I unplug the mouse and it re-appears
>if I plug it in again. But, still, mouse movements can only be
>observed through /dev/input/mice, not through /dev/input/mouse1 after
>unplugging.
>
>Hmm...

Seem like something that should be tackled on the hotplug list or lkml ?
It does seem like a genuine bug.

regards,

v