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Message-ID: <ac3eb2510811010752o15853941m8a5497c927ba8479@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2008 15:52:26 +0100 From: "Kay Sievers" <kay.sievers@...y.org> To: "Adam Nielsen" <a.nielsen@...kadi.net> Cc: "Oliver Neukum" <oliver@...kum.org>, "LKML Mailinglist" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: Can you use the USB HID interface within a driver? On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 13:32, Adam Nielsen <a.nielsen@...kadi.net> wrote: >>> Or perhaps someone could point me in the direction of a USB HID driver >>> that does things "properly" already? >> >> Please post "lsusb -v" for your device. > > Here's the output. I don't think any of the "class" drivers are suitable, > except as templates for interfacing with the main HID code...I think... I think, a real in-kernel driver for HID Power devices, which exports the device as a "power_supply" device to userspace, would be nice. That way, USB UPS's which support the HID Power devices: http://www.usb.org/developers/devclass_docs/pdcv10.pdf would show up like any other battery and AC connector and userspace could handle all of them without any specialized code: ls -1 /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/ alarm energy_full energy_full_design energy_now manufacturer model_name power present serial_number status technology type voltage_min_design voltage_now ... Thanks, Kay -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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