From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: From: Marcel Holtmann To: BlueZ development In-Reply-To: <1163882230.3025.18.camel@TesterBox.tester.ca> References: <1163882230.3025.18.camel@TesterBox.tester.ca> Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 09:30:00 +0100 Message-Id: <1164011400.28397.12.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [Bluez-devel] Hiddev support Reply-To: BlueZ development List-Id: BlueZ development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: bluez-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: bluez-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Hi Olivier, > I recently got a logitech mx5000 bluetooth desktop. I got it to work > with bluez without too many problems (with the CVS hid2hci). It seems to > behave mostly like the bluetooth dinovo. I also want to control the > display and use the special keys. But they are carried in hidp input > reports of type 3 (what the bluetooth hid spec calls "features"). I > looked at the 2.6.18-mh7 patch and it has support for full HID or at > least a way to get/send reports from userspace, but it seems that hiddev > has been removed from it? Why? Also, can't the HID code just be shared > with the USB version since its essentially the same anmd you'd get free > hiddev. There are events comments in the HID code saying it should be > independant from USB, might be a good occasion to do it. this is work in progress and I have seen some nice patches for sharing the HID layer between USB and Bluetooth. We will also have a feature that might be called hidraw to directly access the HID reports. So please stay tuned. Regards Marcel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Bluez-devel mailing list Bluez-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bluez-devel