From: "David Rheinsberg" <david@readahead.eu>
To: "Rafael Passos" <rafael@rcpassos.me>,
"Benjamin Tissoires" <bentiss@kernel.org>,
"Jiri Kosina" <jikos@kernel.org>
Cc: "Shuah Khan" <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>,
"Brigham Campbell" <me@brighamcampbell.com>,
"Jori Koolstra" <jkoolstra@xs4all.nl>,
linux-input@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] HID: wiimote: new LED behavior on connect, and scoped guards
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2026 10:43:19 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <48dc930b-2a70-4404-b8b5-5784c45538ae@app.fastmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <DJYKVRU31TCD.1M8E9KUMBZL1I@rcpassos.me>
Hi
On Tue, Jul 14, 2026, at 10:31 PM, Rafael Passos wrote:
> On Mon Jul 13, 2026 at 6:28 AM -03, David Rheinsberg wrote:
>> What device name are you referring to exactly?
> I was looking at the `wiimote_devtype_names` table,
> but I figured out its only used for logging.
>
> What I actually wanted, was a way to return a propper name to the user,
> with a controller/player ID.
> When listing bluetooth devices, I have 4 entries like the following:
> `Device <UNIQUE MAC> Nintendo RVL-CNT-01-TR` (x4)
> I wanted to display a friendly name to the user, like the one on dmesg:
> `Nintendo Wii Remote Plus (Gen 2) (1)` (where 1 is the player id).
>
> If you think it makes sense, and its possible, I would love to make
> this change in this or a future set :)
This name is taken from the Bluetooth and HID protocols. It is up to the application to decide what to display. I don't think you can control this in any way.
David
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-15 8:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-10 15:32 [PATCH 0/3] HID: wiimote: new LED behavior on connect, and scoped guards Rafael Passos
2026-07-10 15:32 ` [PATCH 1/3] HID: wiimote: turn on the LEDs indicating the controller id Rafael Passos
2026-07-10 15:46 ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-10 15:32 ` [PATCH 2/3] HID: wiimote: replace spinlock pairs with scoped_guard Rafael Passos
2026-07-10 15:47 ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-10 15:32 ` [PATCH 3/3] HID: wiimote: use scoped cleanup in led creation Rafael Passos
2026-07-10 15:44 ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-10 19:35 ` [PATCH 0/3] HID: wiimote: new LED behavior on connect, and scoped guards Rafael Passos
2026-07-13 9:28 ` David Rheinsberg
2026-07-14 20:31 ` Rafael Passos
2026-07-15 8:43 ` David Rheinsberg [this message]
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