Re: joystick (was Re: Y2K)

Martin Mares (mj@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz)
Tue, 23 Jun 1998 21:53:29 +0200


Hello,

> But I have a sort-of kernel related question.
> Why does the joystick driver now open in blocking mode by default?
> Not that I'm criticizing or anything like that, just wondering about
> the rationale.

It's because _everything_ opens in blocking mode by default unless you
specify O_NDELAY.

Have a nice fortnight

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Martin `MJ' Mares   <mj@ucw.cz>   http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~mj/
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