#1561 BLOC Untriag: Duplicate the PM input device.

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#1561: Duplicate the PM input device.
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 Reporter:  warp     |       Owner:  dilinger 
     Type:  defect   |      Status:  new      
 Priority:  blocker  |   Milestone:  Untriaged
Component:  kernel   |     Version:           
 Keywords:           |    Verified:  0        
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 This is a quick and dirty kludge that shouldn't last forever.

 However the kernel's PM input device driver should register two input
 devices with different names, and send all events to both of them.

 Once this is done this should be reassigned to Chris Ball, who needs to
 make olpc-input-manager run before X starts, open one of the two devices,
 and do a EVIOCGRAB on it. (It is critical that this happens before X
 starts.)

 The proper fix is going to be a patch to the kernel's input layer to allow
 applications to detach the kernel listeners to an input device, but allow
 multiple userspace applications to receive events, however since work on
 olpc-input-manager needs to happen immediately, this is a faster fix.


 This is to solve the problem where X is opening the pm input device and
 grabbing it, keeping olpc-input-manager from recieving any events while X
 is active.

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