Alan Cox (alan(a)redhat.com) said:
On Wed, Nov 16, 2005 at 12:17:12PM -0500, Bill Nottingham wrote:
> > hotplug events anyhow, so why don't we delay modprobing
> > until after we start X, and treat them as hotplug events?
>
> a) because X is dumb, and doesn't handle hotplug devices
a) if X is using /dev/input/* it doesnt need to know about the
base keyboard/mouse
Until the upstream input developers have their way and remove
the /dev/input/mice multiplexor. I think they've been convinced
to wait for now...
Bill