From: Rolf Offermanns <roffermanns@gmail.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: How to use an usb interface than is claimed by HID?
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 13:57:11 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ep50n7$dni$1@sea.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 200701212134.58646.uvsoft@gmail.com
Ivan Ukhov wrote:
>> .. which wouldn't help you either, supposing that you don't want to touch
>> the kernel sources at all, because this function is unexported and
>> static.
>>
>> So I think that there is no straightforward way, sorry.
>>
>> Is this a device that doesn't exist anywhere else than on your table? I
>> still think that putting the code in kernel (if possible) and
>> blacklisting the device on the hid_blacklist[] is the simplest way.
>>
>> The other possibility is writing the driver completely in userspace,
>> using libhid/hiddev. Would that suit your needs?
>
> I'm afraid it wouldn't.
>
> Thank you very much.
>
There is another way. Have a look at this article:
http://lwn.net/Articles/143397/
Maybe this is an option for you.
-Rolf
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-01-23 12:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-01-20 18:56 How to use an usb interface than is claimed by HID? Ivan Ukhov
2007-01-20 23:09 ` Jiri Kosina
2007-01-20 23:47 ` Ivan Ukhov
2007-01-20 23:56 ` Jiri Kosina
2007-01-21 8:59 ` Ivan Ukhov
2007-01-21 13:01 ` Jiri Kosina
2007-01-21 14:01 ` Ivan Ukhov
2007-01-21 17:28 ` Jiri Kosina
2007-01-21 18:34 ` Ivan Ukhov
2007-01-23 12:57 ` Rolf Offermanns [this message]
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