Patch from https://bugs.gentoo.org/attachment.cgi?id=262203&action=diff

--- input.c.orig	2011-02-12 02:29:40.308989368 -0500
+++ input.c	2011-02-12 02:30:21.209265625 -0500
@@ -46,17 +46,6 @@ 
 	if (verbose)
 		fprintf(stderr,"%s\n",filename);
 
-	if (-1 == ioctl(fd,EVIOCGVERSION,&version)) {
-		perror("ioctl EVIOCGVERSION");
-		close(fd);
-		return -1;
-	}
-	if (EV_VERSION != version) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "protocol version mismatch (expected %d, got %d)\n",
-			EV_VERSION, version);
-		close(fd);
-		return -1;
-	}
 	return fd;
 }