From: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor_core@ameritech.net>
To: Philip Lawatsch <philip@lawatsch.at>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: generating keyboard events from userspace
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 12:54:48 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200601151254.49223.dtor_core@ameritech.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <43CA7F13.6000807@lawatsch.at>
On Sunday 15 January 2006 11:57, Philip Lawatsch wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm currently writing an userspace application (with libusb) which
> handles the LCD display on a logitech g15 keyboard.
>
> This keyboard consists of two usb devices + a usb hub. One device is the
> normal keyboard and the other device is the lcd + the special keys.
> Both devices get detected by the usb-hid driver.
>
> Now the problem is that in order to access the lcd from userspace I have
> to detach usb-hid driver from the interface so I can use it. (Or, I'd
> have to write a driver for it which I'd like to avoid).
>
> So, is there any way to "inject" events generated by pressing the keys
> on the device I'm handling myself back into the whole system from userspace?
>
> I'd really like to avoid writing a kernel mode driver for this.
>
> Any help would be appreciated (even redirecting me to a more suitable
> mailing list, I didn't find any)
>
You need uinput driver (drivers/input/misc/uinput.c)
--
Dmitry
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2006-01-15 16:57 generating keyboard events from userspace Philip Lawatsch
2006-01-15 17:54 ` Dmitry Torokhov [this message]
2006-01-15 19:00 ` Philip Lawatsch
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