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From: Liang Haowen <nbg2974@gmail.com>
To: linux-input@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Jiri Kosina <jikos@kernel.org>,
	Benjamin Tissoires <bentiss@kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] HID: add driver for EWEADN G5 mice
Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2026 22:30:00 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <6ae7529d.10abdf86.7545b.3e9a@mx.google.com> (raw)

EWEADN G5 mice (YJX-CHIP receivers 0xa8a5:2255, replacement units
and the wired mouse 0xa8a4:2255) send motion and buttons in a
9-byte vendor report on interface 0. The report descriptor the
firmware ships does not describe that data: the 0xa8a5 receivers
declare vendor usages with no mouse mapping, and the 0xa8a4 units
declare a standard mouse report the firmware then does not send.
Either way the stock input path produces no pointer events, and
there is no Linux driver from the vendor.

The report itself is a plain mouse report: buttons, int16 dx and
dy, an int8 wheel. Replace the descriptor at parse time with one
that describes exactly that report, so hid-core can parse the
frames with no custom event handling. Interface 1 (keyboard) and
interface 2 (vendor configuration) keep hid-generic.

Both device IDs bind with the fixed-up descriptor, and motion
events flow through the stock input path. This also makes the
userspace relay used until now (github.com/NB-Group/g5moused)
unnecessary.

Cc: Jiri Kosina <jikos@kernel.org>
Cc: Benjamin Tissoires <bentiss@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-input@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Liang Haowen <nbg2974@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/hid/Kconfig      |   9 +++
 drivers/hid/Makefile     |   1 +
 drivers/hid/hid-eweadn.c | 120 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 130 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 drivers/hid/hid-eweadn.c

diff --git a/drivers/hid/Kconfig b/drivers/hid/Kconfig
index 2481bc0..3946f75 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/hid/Kconfig
@@ -380,6 +380,15 @@ config HID_EVISION
 	applying customization using userspace programs.
 	Support for some EVision devices requiring report descriptor fixups.
 
+config HID_EWEADN
+	tristate "EWEADN G5 mice support"
+	depends on USB_HID
+	help
+	Support for EWEADN G5 wireless mice (YJX-CHIP 0xa8a5:2255 receivers,
+	0xa8a4 replacement units and the wired mouse). The stock report
+	descriptor does not describe the reports the firmware sends, so
+	the pointer is dead without this fixup.
+
 config HID_EZKEY
 	tristate "Ezkey BTC 8193 keyboard"
 	help
diff --git a/drivers/hid/Makefile b/drivers/hid/Makefile
index 43a8eb0..2db5b5d 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/hid/Makefile
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_HID_ELAN)		+= hid-elan.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_HID_ELECOM)	+= hid-elecom.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_HID_ELO)		+= hid-elo.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_HID_EVISION)	+= hid-evision.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_HID_EWEADN)	+= hid-eweadn.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_HID_EZKEY)		+= hid-ezkey.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_HID_FT260)		+= hid-ft260.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_HID_GEMBIRD)	+= hid-gembird.o
diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-eweadn.c b/drivers/hid/hid-eweadn.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6aacfc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-eweadn.c
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+/*
+ * HID driver for EWEADN G5 mice (YJX-CHIP a8a5:2255 / a8a4:2255).
+ *
+ * The mouse reports motion and buttons in a vendor-defined report
+ * (id 0x02) on interface 0. The report descriptor the firmware
+ * ships does not describe that data: the original 0xa8a5 receivers
+ * declare vendor usages with no mouse mapping, and the 0xa8a4 units
+ * declare a standard mouse report that the firmware then does not
+ * send. Either way the stock input path produces no pointer events.
+ * The report itself is a plain mouse report:
+ *
+ *   [1] buttons, 5 bits
+ *   [2] unused
+ *   [3] dx, int16 LE
+ *   [5] dy, int16 LE
+ *   [7] wheel, int8
+ *   [8] unused
+ *
+ * The descriptor below describes exactly that report, so hid-core
+ * can parse the frames without any custom event handling.
+ * Interface 1 (keyboard) and interface 2 (vendor configuration) are
+ * left to hid-generic.
+ *
+ * 0xa8a5 is the original receiver, 0xa8a4 the replacement units
+ * first seen in October 2026 and the mouse itself on its USB cable.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/hid.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/usb.h>
+
+static __u8 eweadn_rdesc[] = {
+	0x05, 0x01,		/* Usage Page (Generic Desktop) */
+	0x09, 0x02,		/* Usage (Mouse) */
+	0xA1, 0x01,		/* Collection (Application) */
+	0x85, 0x02,		/*   Report ID (2) */
+	0x09, 0x01,		/*   Usage (Pointer) */
+	0xA1, 0x00,		/*   Collection (Physical) */
+	0x05, 0x09,		/*     Usage Page (Button) */
+	0x19, 0x01,		/*     Usage Minimum (1) */
+	0x29, 0x05,		/*     Usage Maximum (5) */
+	0x15, 0x00,		/*     Logical Minimum (0) */
+	0x25, 0x01,		/*     Logical Maximum (1) */
+	0x75, 0x01,		/*     Report Size (1) */
+	0x95, 0x05,		/*     Report Count (5) */
+	0x81, 0x02,		/*     Input (Data,Var,Abs) */
+	0x95, 0x0B,		/*     Report Count (11), padding to byte */
+	0x81, 0x03,		/*     Input (Cnst,Var,Abs) */
+	0x05, 0x01,		/*     Usage Page (Generic Desktop) */
+	0x09, 0x30,		/*     Usage (X) */
+	0x09, 0x31,		/*     Usage (Y) */
+	0x16, 0x00, 0x80,	/*     Logical Minimum (-32768) */
+	0x26, 0xFF, 0x7F,	/*     Logical Maximum (32767) */
+	0x75, 0x10,		/*     Report Size (16) */
+	0x95, 0x02,		/*     Report Count (2) */
+	0x81, 0x06,		/*     Input (Data,Var,Rel) */
+	0x09, 0x38,		/*     Usage (Wheel) */
+	0x15, 0x81,		/*     Logical Minimum (-127) */
+	0x25, 0x7F,		/*     Logical Maximum (127) */
+	0x75, 0x08,		/*     Report Size (8) */
+	0x95, 0x01,		/*     Report Count (1) */
+	0x81, 0x06,		/*     Input (Data,Var,Rel) */
+	0x95, 0x01,		/*     Report Count (1), trailing pad */
+	0x81, 0x03,		/*     Input (Cnst,Var,Abs) */
+	0xC0,			/*   End Collection */
+	0xC0,			/* End Collection */
+};
+
+static const __u8 *eweadn_report_fixup(struct hid_device *hdev, __u8 *rdesc,
+				       unsigned int *rsize)
+{
+	hid_info(hdev, "fixing up EWEADN G5 mouse report descriptor\n");
+	*rsize = sizeof(eweadn_rdesc);
+	return eweadn_rdesc;
+}
+
+static int eweadn_probe(struct hid_device *hdev,
+			const struct hid_device_id *id)
+{
+	struct usb_interface *intf;
+	int ret;
+
+	intf = to_usb_interface(hdev->dev.parent);
+	if (intf->cur_altsetting->desc.bInterfaceNumber != 0)
+		return -ENODEV;	/* keyboard and config stay on hid-generic */
+
+	ret = hid_parse(hdev);
+	if (ret) {
+		hid_err(hdev, "parse failed: %d\n", ret);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	ret = hid_hw_start(hdev, HID_CONNECT_DEFAULT);
+	if (ret) {
+		hid_err(hdev, "hw start failed: %d\n", ret);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static const struct hid_device_id eweadn_devices[] = {
+	{ HID_USB_DEVICE(0xa8a5, 0x2255) },		/* original receiver */
+	{ HID_USB_DEVICE(0xa8a4, 0x2255) },		/* replacement unit, wired mouse */
+	{ }
+};
+MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(hid, eweadn_devices);
+
+static struct hid_driver eweadn_driver = {
+	.name = "eweadn",
+	.id_table = eweadn_devices,
+	.report_fixup = eweadn_report_fixup,
+	.probe = eweadn_probe,
+};
+module_hid_driver(eweadn_driver);
+
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Liang Haowen <nbg2974@gmail.com>");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("HID driver for EWEADN G5 mice");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-- 
2.55.0



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