Me too! Following [1].
Maybe worth checking if one is not supported to use libinput instead of processing kernel events directly though. [2]
If someone is interested in the input topic, Peter Hutterer's blog is very nice to read. I also enjoyed his talk about libinput's bus factor [3].
[1] https://who-t.blogspot.com/2013/09/libevdev-handling-input-e...
[2] https://who-t.blogspot.com/2018/07/why-its-not-good-idea-to-...
[3] https://who-t.blogspot.com/2019/10/libinputs-bus-factor-is-1...