umockdev 0.2: record/replay input devices

I just released umockdev 0.2.

The big new feature of this release is support for evdev ioctls. I. e. you can now record what e. g. X.org is doing to touchpads, touch screens, etc.:

$ umockdev-record /dev/input/event15 > /tmp/touchpad.umockdev
  # umockdev-record -i /tmp/touchpad.ioctl /dev/input/event15 -- Xorg -logfile /dev/null

and load that back into a testbed with X.org using the dummy driver:

cat <<EOF > xorg-dummy.conf
  Section "Device"
        Identifier "test"
        Driver "dummy"
  EndSection
  EOF

  $ umockdev-run -l /tmp/touchpad.umockdev -i /dev/input/event15=/tmp/touchpad.ioctl -- \
       Xorg -config xorg-dummy.conf -logfile /tmp/X.log :5

Then e. g. DISPLAY=:5 xinput will recognize the simulated device. Note that Xvfb won’t work as that does not use udev for device discovery, but only adds the XTest virtual devices and nothing else, so you need to use the real X.org with the dummy driver to run this as a normal user.

This enables easier debugging of new kinds of input devices, as well as writing tests for handling multiple touchscreens/monitors, integration tests of Wacom devices, and so on.

This release now also works with older automakes and Vala 0.16, so that you can use this from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. The daily PPA now also has packages for that.

Attention: This version does not work any more with recorded ioctl files from version 0.1.

More detailled list of changes:

  • umockdev-run: Fix running of child program to keep stdin.
  • preload: Fix resolution of “/dev” and “/sys”
  • ioctl_tree: Fix endless loop when the first encountered ioctl was unknown
  • preload: Support opening a /dev node multiple times for ioctl emulation (issue #3)
  • Fix parallel build (issue #2)
  • Support xz compressed ioctl files in umockdev_testbed_load_ioctl().
  • Add example umockdev and ioctl files for a gphoto camera and an MTP capable mobile phone.
  • Fix building with automake 1.11.3 and Vala 0.16.
  • Generalize ioctl recording and emulation for ioctls with simple structs, i. e. no pointer fields. This makes it much easier to add more ioctls in the future.
  • Store return values of ioctls in records, as they are not always 0 (like EVIOCGBIT)
  • Add support for ioctl ranges (like EVIOCGABS) and ioctls with variable length (like EVIOCGBIT).
  • Add all reading evdev ioctls, for recording and mocking input devices like touch pads, touch screens, or keyboards. (issue #1)
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