INPUT_DEVICES variable question

kamilsok · n00b Joined: 02 Mar 2010 Posts: 57 Location: Gdynia

My /etc/make.conf INPUT_DEVICES variable goes as follows

INPUT_DEVICES="evdev keyboard mouse synaptics"

The question is, do I need extra flags with evdev enabled? (I've read some time ago, that with evdev the following are obsolote)
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Veldrin · Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 10:35 pm Post subject:

you can drop mouse and keyboard from you INPUT_DEVICES. the respective devices are handled by evdev.
keep synaptics, if you want to use advanced features (scrolling, multitouch et all) of your touchad.

What do you mean by extra flags?

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kamilsok · n00b Joined: 02 Mar 2010 Posts: 57 Location: Gdynia

Extra flags=extra parameters (keboard, mouse in this case)

Thanks for the quick response.
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