From: Aseda Aboagye <aaboagye@chromium.org>
To: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-input@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: hid-input.c && vendor defined usage pages
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2024 22:15:03 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Zw2X50VzyzF4AyBT@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Zv1gKyTELpTngKIq@google.com>
On Wed, Oct 02, 2024 at 08:00:59AM -0700, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> Hi Aseda,
>
> On Tue, Sep 24, 2024 at 07:32:30PM -0500, Aseda Aboagye wrote:
> > Perhaps this is a naive question, but why does `hidinput_configure_usage()` in
> > `hid-input.c` configure vendor defined usage pages? In actuality, it seems like
> > it's mainly handling some HP specific usage pages. Why aren't those in some
> > `hid-hp.c` file that's selected by a kernel config?
>
> It is simply a historic artefact. These usages were mapped way before we
> had HID sub-drivers and accompanying infrastructure.
Do you reckon that we're stuck with this behaviour now since migrating them
out, will likely break users who don't have the appropriate sub-drivers
selected in their kernel config?
Thanks,
--
Aseda Aboagye
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-10-14 22:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-09-25 0:32 hid-input.c && vendor defined usage pages Aseda Aboagye
2024-10-02 15:00 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2024-10-14 22:15 ` Aseda Aboagye [this message]
2024-10-15 18:47 ` Dmitry Torokhov
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