From: Nikolai Kondrashov <spbnick@gmail.com>
To: simon@mungewell.org
Cc: linux-input@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Rewriting wheels HID descriptor for complete functionality
Date: Wed, 01 Dec 2010 22:32:51 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4CF6A2E3.70702@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <e0bdb04c6bf793ed464934fd4f8b663e.squirrel@host171.canaca.com>
On 12/01/2010 09:23 PM, simon@mungewell.org wrote:
> I am considering re-writing the HID descriptor to expose these separate
> values as 'proper' axis, as they would provide both better resolution and
> better functionality (ie. left foot braking).
>
> Q1. Is this an acceptable thing to do?
>
> Q2. In the case where there is significant change to the HID descriptor,
> is it OK to just re-write the whole block (rather than patch/swap a couple
> of bytes)?
When I asked a similar question on linux-usb, nobody answered, but nobody
complained when I submitted patches with 8 full report descriptors either.
They were accepted by Jiri Kosina.
I could also recommend using my tool for (de-)composing HID report
descriptors:
http://digimend.sourceforge.net/#proj-hidrd
Sincerely,
Nick
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-12-01 19:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-12-01 18:23 Rewriting wheels HID descriptor for complete functionality simon
2010-12-01 19:32 ` Nikolai Kondrashov [this message]
2010-12-01 21:20 ` Antonio Ospite
2010-12-01 22:18 ` simon
2011-02-27 22:45 ` Marcin Tolysz
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