From: Felipe Balbi <balbi@kernel.org>
To: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>,
linux-usb@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [RFC] usb: gadget: hid: Add "single_ep" option
Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2019 12:32:32 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87ef1un0pb.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <146d724c5df6b6e9a98f9d1d69a85be23eed0311.camel@kernel.crashing.org>
Hi,
Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> writes:
> On Fri, 2019-08-09 at 11:08 +0300, Felipe Balbi wrote:
>>
>> that works too. Another option would to introduce two options,
>> has_input_report and has_output_report and have them true by default.
>>
>> Then user can even produce an output-only HID device, like these odd
>> USB-controlled relays.
>
> Ideally we could just parse the descriptor :-) But that's a bit
> trickier.
>
> One thing I've been meaning to look at is a way to properly handle
> keyboards (and other "on/off" buttons) by having the kernel latch the
> state so it can properly respond to things like get report, or resend
> all the "down" keys after a reset (so that things like "keep some key
> pressed during boot for magic to happen") actually works...
cool idea
> But one thing at a time :-)
yup
--
balbi
prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-08-09 9:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-08-09 4:05 [PATCH] [RFC] usb: gadget: hid: Add "single_ep" option Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2019-08-09 5:31 ` Felipe Balbi
2019-08-09 6:36 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2019-08-09 8:08 ` Felipe Balbi
2019-08-09 8:20 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2019-08-09 9:32 ` Felipe Balbi [this message]
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