Re: [gentoo-dev] Last rites: 14 X input drivers

[Rémi Cardona]

Le 13/07/2009 19:22, Robert Buchholz a écrit :
> We're using the x11-drivers/xf86-input-microtouch for a cash register.
> It works fine, but I think the machine is still on Xorg Server 1.3.
>
> I don't have the capacity to maintain this driver myself, but it seems
> bug #276615 has a patch, so I wonder why it needs to be abandoned. Whom
> exactly shall I contact upstream about the deprecation?

Well, to start off, you might want to check if your hardware is now 
supported directly by the kernel. If that's the case, then you can use 
xf86-input-evdev which will make your life much easier.

But TBH, I really don't know much about writing X drivers. All I can 
offer is to commit patches upstream and maybe make tarballs.

My suggestion for now is to create a -9999 ebuild of the microtouch 
driver inside the x11 overlay and make it point to the latest commit 
that has a chance of working: before the one that adds the AC_MSG().

If that doesn't work, you might want to get in touch with upstream X 
people via the xorg or xorg-devel mailing lists (resp. at fd.org and x.org).

Hope that helps

Rémi