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From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: Kirill Yatsenko <kirill31051997f@gmail.com>
Cc: kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org
Subject: Re: Generic USB LED HID driver
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2024 13:07:42 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <2024011912-flask-jawless-e8e4@gregkh> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA+rTsQ6RJNZLuwm5R7Yui0=f_jjTbvbYfi_ss2NE7pm24NXg7A@mail.gmail.com>

On Fri, Jan 19, 2024 at 12:45:52PM +0100, Kirill Yatsenko wrote:
> Hello Greg,
> 
> Thanks for the suggestions!
> Yes, it will be better to implement the communication from the userspace.
> 
> However, I was curious if the kernel implements some generic LED HID
> interface already,
> without the need to write custom code. Similarly, as it's done for example
> for the HID multitouch,
> where the device only needs to report the correct report descriptor.

I do not think there is a generic HID description yet, is there?  If so,
the kernel should support it, otherwise it is all vendor-specific stuff
that belongs in userspace.

thanks,

greg k-h

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  reply	other threads:[~2024-01-19 12:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-01-19 10:21 Generic USB LED HID driver Kirill Yatsenko
2024-01-19 11:17 ` Greg KH
2024-01-19 11:45   ` Kirill Yatsenko
2024-01-19 12:07     ` Greg KH [this message]
2024-01-19 12:40       ` Kirill Yatsenko

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