logoalt Hacker News

The input stack on Linux: An end-to-end architecture overview

81 pointsby venamresm__today at 4:55 PM4 commentsview on HN

Comments

charcircuittoday at 7:03 PM

How is how inputs gets routed to the right window out of scope for an article that wants to describe input end to end? The fact that input events get carefully routed to the right thing is both important and a potential source of bugs if not implemented correctly.

show 3 replies
rbancrofttoday at 8:33 PM

Very impressive, nice work!