Re: [PATCH] hid: Do not create input devices for feature reports

[Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Mar 02, 2011 at 04:02:27PM +0100, Henrik Rydberg wrote:
> Hi Dmitry,
> 
> > > For output devices, the only supported case is EV_LED, which passes
> > > events to the input device. It is probably assumed that
> > > HID_QUIRK_MULTI_INPUT is false for those devices. Jiri?
> > > 
> > 
> > I am probably late to the party fut the above is not true. Here is an
> > example of an USB keyboard (wih LEDs) that is split into two:
> > 
> > I: Bus=0003 Vendor=046d Product=c30e Version=0110
> > N: Name="Logitech HID compliant keyboard"
> > P: Phys=usb-0000:00:1d.0-1.2/input0
> > S:
> > Sysfs=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.2/2-1.2:1.0/input/input3
> > U: Uniq=
> > H: Handlers=sysrq kbd event3
> > B: PROP=0
> > B: EV=120013
> > B: KEY=1000000000007 ff800000000007ff febeffdff3cfffff fffffffffffffffe
> > B: MSC=10
> > B: LED=7
> > 
> > I: Bus=0003 Vendor=046d Product=c30e Version=0110
> > N: Name="Logitech HID compliant keyboard"
> > P: Phys=usb-0000:00:1d.0-1.2/input1
> > S:
> > Sysfs=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.2/2-1.2:1.1/input/input4
> > U: Uniq=
> > H: Handlers=kbd event4
> > B: PROP=0
> > B: EV=13
> > B: KEY=fff ffffffffffffffff 2000000 387ad800d001 1e000000000000 0
> > B: MSC=10
> > 
> > This was done, most likely, because Logitech decided to reuse usage codes
> > for different keys.
> 
> This looks like different interfaces though, which should be fine. It
> is only in the odd case of mixed input and output reports on the same
> interface that the MULTI_INPUT quirk would ever have any strange
> effect.
> 

Gah, when I looked at it before posting I could swore they were on the
same interface. OK, just ignore me...

Thanks.

-- 
Dmitry