Re: Interacting with a input kernel driver from user space

[Nuno Santos <nsantos@edigma.com>]

On 11/14/2011 11:17 PM, Oliver Neukum wrote:
> Am Montag, 14. November 2011, 19:57:41 schrieb Dmitry Torokhov:
>> On Monday, November 14, 2011 10:24:17 AM Nuno Santos wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I have defined my first attribute in the following way:
>>>
>>> static ssize_t usbtouchscreen_update_sensibility(struct device *dev,
>>>                                           struct device_attribute *attr,
>>>                                           const char *buf, size_t count)
>>> {
>>>
>>>       printk(KERN_INFO "update sensibility called");
>>>
>> Updating sensibility is always a good thing but I gather you mean
>> sensitivity here...
>>
>> BTW this should probably be a per-user setting and belong to the X driver,
>> not kernel driver. I.e. kernel streams all data and userspace (X) decides
>> what data do discard according to current user preferences.
> Hi,
>
> before we define yet another interface specific to a driver, could we discuss
> whether this interface could be applicable to a wider range of devices
Of course. If I can contribute with my little experience for something I 
would have all the pleasure.

Do you guyz want me to describe my case in detail?

With my best regards,

Nuno