From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mark Lord Subject: Re: Input driver for Twinhan USB 6253:0100 remote control Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:37:19 -0400 Message-ID: <49E4C9CF.5060504@rtr.ca> References: <20090408072935.GA27920@dtor-d630.eng.vmware.com> <200904131931.24009.dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> <49E4B678.9030508@rtr.ca> <200904140945.14652.dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from rtr.ca ([76.10.145.34]:44431 "EHLO mail.rtr.ca" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754061AbZDNRhV (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:37:21 -0400 In-Reply-To: <200904140945.14652.dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> Sender: linux-input-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-input@vger.kernel.org To: Dmitry Torokhov Cc: Jiri Kosina , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-input@vger.kernel.org Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > On Tuesday 14 April 2009 09:14:48 Mark Lord wrote: >> Dmitry Torokhov wrote: >>> Hi Mark, >>> >>> On Wednesday 08 April 2009 10:28:09 Mark Lord wrote: >>>> Dmitry, >>>> >>>> I briefly had access to a Twinhan remote control (for Mythtv et al.) >>>> and cobbled something together quickly to make it work. >>>> >>>> But I really don't understand the new hid/input stuff, >>>> so this is undoubtedly a total abomination to your eyes. :) >>> Actually HID is Juri's baby so let's see what he says ;). From my POV >>> we need to update keymap to make it emit proper codes instead of Myth >>> specific ones, but that is a lesser issue. >> .. >> >> That's one thing I haven't figured out: how to make this compatible >> with the userspace intput-kbd interface for loading new key maps and stuff. >> > > You will need to convert your patch into proper hid_driver and > implement drv->input_mapping() method instead of overriding emitted > events. Then, once HID core is aware about proper mapping, normal > EVIOCGKEYCODE/EVIOCSKEYCODE will work and will allow adjusting > keymap from user space. .. I tried that earlier, but input-kbd only ever listed a single (wrong) key in the keymap, and wouldn't allow changing anything. Obviously there's more to it somewhere, I guess. > I think if you take drivers/hid/hid-belkin.c as a template the > conversion will take you no time. .. Okay, I can have a look at that one. Thanks.