linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Input: uinput - Add UI_SET

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Message-Id: <581F56B1-035C-4339-AF10-464BD3E984F4@holtmann.org>
Date:   Wed, 4 Dec 2019 02:49:37 +0100
From:   Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org>
To:     Abhishek Pandit-Subedi <abhishekpandit@...omium.org>
Cc:     linux-input@...r.kernel.org,
        Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@...il.com>,
        Bluez mailing list <linux-bluetooth@...r.kernel.org>,
        Luiz Augusto von Dentz <luiz.dentz@...il.com>,
        Enric Balletbo i Serra <enric.balletbo@...labora.com>,
        lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Logan Gunthorpe <logang@...tatee.com>,
        Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
        Andrey Smirnov <andrew.smirnov@...il.com>,
        Kirill Smelkov <kirr@...edi.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Input: uinput - Add UI_SET_UNIQ ioctl handler

Hi Abhishek,

> Support setting the uniq attribute of the input device. The uniq
> attribute is used as a unique identifier for the connected device.
> 
> For example, uinput devices created by BlueZ will store the address of
> the connected device as the uniq property.

you might also then want to add HIDIOCGRAWUNIQ support to the hidraw driver.

Regards

Marcel