Provide fallback value for FF_MAX_EFFECTS (#219)

This is required to make python-evdev work on CentOS 7.
gvalkov · Apr 28, 2024 · 87c99f7 · 87c99f7
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diff --git a/evdev/uinput.py b/evdev/uinput.py
@@ -90,7 +90,10 @@ def __init__(
  devnode="/dev/uinput",
  phys="py-evdev-uinput",
  input_props=None,
- max_effects=ecodes.FF_MAX_EFFECTS,
+ # CentOS 7 has sufficiently old headers that FF_MAX_EFFECTS is not defined there,
+ # which causes the whole module to fail loading. Fallback on a hardcoded value of
+ # FF_MAX_EFFECTS if it is not defined in the ecodes.
+ max_effects=ecodes.ecodes.get("FF_MAX_EFFECTS", 96),
  ):
  """
  Arguments