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Re: [rtl]:reading information from a character device

On Die, 23 Feb 1999 albinom wrote:
>>Hi ,and thanks for your attention.
> 
>I'm using a modified mouse as an inclinometer in a mobile robot thet  I have to control with an embedded RTLinux PC.
>A basic task in my application is  monitoring the inclinometer information at a fixed rate.
>Can I read information in "/dev/mouse" in a real time task ?
>I tried to do it but I have encountered some problems with the include files.Can I solve these problems?
>Or should I use the RT_COM module, programming an ad hoc driver for my sensor? (But in this case I have'nt any advantage in using a pseudo-mouse)

Well, you cannot use the Standard Linux mouse driver from within RT-Linux :-(

Greetings,
Jochen
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