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authorPeter Hutterer <peter@cs.unisa.edu.au>2008-05-18 11:04:43 +0930
committerPeter Hutterer <peter@cs.unisa.edu.au>2008-05-18 11:04:43 +0930
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man: Option "Path" is supported in the code, add it to man page.
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@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ evdev \- Generic Linux input driver
.BI " Identifier \*q" devname \*q
.B " Driver \*qevdev\*q"
.BI " Option \*qDevice\*q \*q" devpath \*q
+.BI " Option \*qPath\*q \*q" path \*q
\ \ ...
.B EndSection
.fi
@@ -45,7 +46,14 @@ are supported:
Specifies the device through which the device can be accessed. This will
generally be of the form \*q/dev/input/eventX\*q, where X is some integer.
The mapping from device node to hardware is system-dependent. This option is
-mandatory, and there is no default setting.
+mandatory unless \*qPath\*q is given, and there is no default setting.
+.TP 7
+.BI "Option \*qPath\*q \*q" string \*q
+Specifies the device through which the device can be accessed. This will
+generally be of the form \*q/dev/input/by-path/xyz\*q, where xyz includes the
+name of the device. The mapping from device node to hardware is
+system-dependent. This option has precedence over the \*qDevice\*q option but
+one of \*qPath\*q or \*qDevice\*q must be given.
.SH AUTHORS
Kristian Høgsberg.
.SH "SEE ALSO"