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From: Mikko Laanti <mikko.laanti@strokeplan.com>
To: linux-bluetooth@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Fwd: Correct contact people(s) and Linux branch for my HID driver?
Date: Thu, 28 May 2026 21:38:18 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <74db472595986d0dec795353ea5f1eed7a3bd8e2.camel@strokeplan.com> (raw)

Hi,

I have witten following driver for bluetooth HID device iRig BlueTurn.
To whom should I contact? If it is accepted, to what git Linux kernel
branch should I it check-in?

Regards,

Mikko Laanti


// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
/*
 *  HID driver for IK Multimedia iRig BlueTurn devices
 *
 *  Copyright (c) 2026 Mikko Laanti <strokeplan@gmail.com>
 */

#include <linux/hid.h>
#include <linux/module.h>

#include "hid-ids.h"

MODULE_AUTHOR("Mikko Laanti <strokeplan@gmail.com");
MODULE_DESCRIPTION("iRig BlueTurn devices");
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");

/* Changes in Makefile
obj-$(CONFIG_HID_IRIG_BLUETURN)	+= hid-irig-blueturn.o

 * Changes in Kconfig
config HID_IRIG_BLUETURN
	tristate "iRig BlueTurn devices"
	help
	Support for iRig BlueTurn devices, which are not fully
compliant with the
	HID standard.
	hid-irig-blueturn

	To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
	will be called hid-irig-blueturn.ko.

 * Changes in hid-ids.h
#define USB_VENDOR_ID_IK_MULTIMEDIA	0x0214
#define USB_VENDOR_ID_IK_MULTIMEDIA_IRIG_BLUETURN	0x0002
*/

/*
 * The iRig BlueTurn (Page turner) foot controlled bluetooth keyboard
uses unnumbered keyboard messages
 * iRig BlueTurn can be configured to three possible configurations for
its two buttons:
 * 	1. ARROW_UP/ARROW_DOWN
 *	2. PAGE_UP/PAGE_DOWN
 *	3. ARROW_LEFT/ARROW_RIGHT
 * E.g. A compliant bluetooth keyboard sends Up Arrow:  01 00 00 52 00
00 00 00 00 (first data byte means it is "numbered")
 *      IK multimedia iRig BlueTurn sends Up Arrow:     00 00 00 52 00
00 00 00
 * Without this driver and iRig BlueTurn connected, you'll get system
log dmesg error:
 * "Event data for report 0 was too short (8 vs 7)"   (hid-core.c:
hid_report_raw_event)
 */

static int irig_blueturn_raw_event(struct hid_device *hdev, struct
hid_report *report,
	u8 *data, int size)
{
	/* iRig Blueturn always sends unnumbered 8 bytes i.e. 64 bits
data reports.
	 * hid-core.c: hid_report_raw_event() decreases data size by
one because keyboard messages should be numbered.
	 * We decrease report size here so that it will pass data size
test in hid-core.c:hid_report_raw_event()
	 * Right way would be to adjust data so that it looks exactly
like compliant keyboard, but we cannot set
	 * the size because it has been passed to this
irig_blueturn_raw_event as a value, not as a reference.
	 * So we have to decrease report size here so that it will
pass data size test in hid-core.c:hid_report_raw_event()
	*/
	int ret = 0;

	if (report->size == 64) 	// 64 bits length
	{
		report->size = 56;	// decrease it to 56 bit
	}

	return ret;
}

static const struct hid_device_id irig_blueturn_id_table[] = {
	{ HID_BLUETOOTH_DEVICE(USB_VENDOR_ID_IK_MULTIMEDIA,
			 USB_VENDOR_ID_IK_MULTIMEDIA_IRIG_BLUETURN) },
	{ }
};
MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(hid, irig_blueturn_id_table);

static struct hid_driver irig_blueturn_driver = {
	.name			= "irig blueturn",
	.id_table		= irig_blueturn_id_table,
	.raw_event 		= irig_blueturn_raw_event,
};

module_hid_driver(irig_blueturn_driver);

             reply	other threads:[~2026-05-28 18:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-05-28 18:38 Mikko Laanti [this message]
2026-06-05  9:25 ` Fwd: Correct contact people(s) and Linux branch for my HID driver? Bastien Nocera

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