Hi

On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 11:44 AM, Floris [off-list ref] wrote:

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I posted an explanation on systemd-devel [1] this morning. Please note
that this is a policy-issue created in user-space. The kernel-side
cannot help you there. Furthermore, the kernel recommends using evdev
instead of joydev and friends. Therefore, I cannot see what you expect
from us.

just curious. If the joydev module is not recommended, why is it still
available and used?

Linux has strict backwards-compatibility rules. Therefore, we cannot
remove joydev. However, we can decide to mark it obsolete, which means
we will not extend it anymore. Furthermore, we cannot force anyone to
stop using joydev, so we have to continue supporting it.

Thanks
David