On Fri, 31 May 2002 04:53, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Quoting Brad Hards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Nope - hiddev > > See http://www.frogmouth.net/hid-doco/linux-hid.html for incomplete > > description. I'll update it over the weekend to the version I have here, > > Thanks, I can talk to the device and issue ioctls now, and I'm figuring out > how to send and receive reports. The sample code in that document worked > flawlessly. > > This device gets grabbed by the HID module unless CONFIG_USB_HIDINPUT is > not set. Actually, it more accurately gets claimed by the HID module in any case. If CONFIG_USB_HIDINPUT is set, it gets diverted to the input layer instead of the /dev/usb/hiddev node.
> I'm confused. Sorry. I thought I had explained this behaviour in the linux-hid doco. I'll try again to make this clearer. > Questions: > > Does leaving CONFIG_USB_HIDINPUT unset break support for USB keboards and > mice, or is there alternate support through the hiddev interface? It breaks support for keyboards and mice. The whole point is that the input layer takes care of all the ugliness in hid. > Does CONFIG_USB_HIDINPUT seed to be set for your average user? Assume that all distros will set both HIDINPUT and HIDDEV. > If so, do I need to blacklist my device in the hid driver to prevent it > from being grabbed? If it is your device (ie you can change the firmware), then just change the Application. BTW: What Application does the device use now? Otherwise, consider adding another quirk to the blacklist table (eg HID_QUIRK_NOTINPUT) and using that quirk in conjunction with the Application test. If you send me the details of the device (vendor id, product id, and a descriptive name), I'll do up a patch. I am thinking of doing a similar patch (but in the opposite sense) for some HP "multimedia" keyboards that aren't being claimed correctly. Brad -- http://conf.linux.org.au. 22-25Jan2003. Perth, Australia. Birds in Black. _______________________________________________________________ Don't miss the 2002 Sprint PCS Application Developer's Conference August 25-28 in Las Vegas -- http://devcon.sprintpcs.com/adp/index.cfm _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
