Re: keyboard and mouse driver module and lsmod in 2.6

From: Vojtech Pavlik
Date: Sun Feb 15 2004 - 03:13:32 EST


On Sun, Feb 15, 2004 at 09:19:46AM +0200, sting sting wrote:
> Hello ,
> In 2.4, when you performed lsmod after boot (and after entering X Windows)
> , if you had performed lsmod you had found that "keybdev" and "mousedev"
> modules
> are loaded in momeory.
>
> in 2.4, the keybdev.c was under
> /linux-2.4-xxx/drivers/input/keybdev.c
>
> Now, in 2.6 ,there is no keybdev.c and I assume there is also no keybdev.o
> (am I right?
> I am not sure).
> On the other hand there is both /drivers/char/keyboard.c
> in 2.6 and 2.4 .
>
> My question is :
> in 2.6, after boot and after starting x windows, when typing lsmod -
> what should be the parallel of keybdev.o ?
>
> (I don't have in my 2.6, under /lib/modules/..., keybdev.o ; was I wrong
> in my configuration?)
>
> even that I have no keybdev.o in my 2.6, ye the keyboard responds (at least
> for some minutes in the beginning).
> Or in 2.6 the keyboard driver is part of the kernel?).

In 2.6 keybdev.c is gone and it's functionality was put into keyboard.c

> and also - what is the parallel of mousedev.o ?
> I ***DO**** have mosedev.o under /drivers/input/mosedev.o but ***NOT***
> under
> the /lib/modules/2.6.0./.....
>
> and also lsmod does not show mousedv.

mousedev on the other hand is still present in 2.6. Maybe you just did
not enable it.

--
Vojtech Pavlik
SuSE Labs, SuSE CR
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