- According to Pavel Frolov the space pilot pro sends absolute events for some

reason. Applied his changes to support that device.


git-svn-id: svn+ssh://svn.code.sf.net/p/spacenav/code/trunk/spacenavd@100 ef983eb1-d774-4af8-acfd-baaf7b16a646

src/dev_linux.c

@@ -230,6 +230,12 @@ int read_dev(struct dev_input *inp)
 			inp->val = iev.value;
 			break;
 
+		case EV_ABS:
+			inp->type = INP_MOTION;
+			inp->idx = iev.code - ABS_X;
+			inp->val = iev.value;
+			break;
+
 		case EV_KEY:
 			inp->type = INP_BUTTON;
 			inp->idx = iev.code - BTN_0;
@@ -291,13 +297,6 @@ static int open_dev(const char *path)
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	if(!TEST_BIT(EV_REL, evtype_mask)) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "Wrong device, no relative events reported!\n");
-		close(dev_fd);
-		dev_fd = -1;
-		return -1;
-	}
-
 	/* try to grab the device */
 	if(ioctl(dev_fd, EVIOCGRAB, &grab) == -1) {
 		perror("failed to grab the spacenav device");