Hi, On Mon, Aug 11, 2025 at 12:33:21PM +0530, Raghavendra Kamath wrote: > Package: src:linux > Version: 6.12.38-1 > Severity: wishlist > > Dear Maintainer, > > * What led up to the situation? > I am an artist using digital graphic tablet and I need a program > called udev-hid-bpf to configure my tablet pen. To use this tool > there needs to be HID-BPF support enabled in the kernel. This is > missing in the default kernel. I would have to use liquorix or > some other kernel but those give other issues such as wifi not > working etc. > So I request you to please enable support for HID-BPF support > in the kernel. > Many artists who are using linux will need this support enabled. > You can read more about this on the blog post from David Revoy > here - > https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1053/xppen-artist-pro-19-gen-2-review-on-gnulinux#fix-unwanted-eraser-mode-on-stylus > > * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or > ineffective)? > I tried to report this issue to the udev-hid-bpf developers and > they were the ones who told me that debian doesn't have this > support. You can read the bug report here - > https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/libevdev/udev-hid-bpf/-/issues/70#note_3046884 > > * What outcome did you expect instead? > HID-BPF support to be enabled by default in the kernel
It might make only sense really if we have as ewll udev-hid-bpf . But as this is like a chicken-egg problem, I'm proposing to enable HID_BPF alrady on kernel config side, I will see if there are objections from the other team members. Cf. https://salsa.debian.org/kernel-team/linux/-/merge_requests/1614 Regards, Salvatore
