linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] HID: Driver for Google Hangouts Meet Speakermic

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Message-ID: <CAKdAkRQ7yxFFGJg41UxptxapKiP4bmHsfw7dRNE+LPzs1PRk=A@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 12 May 2022 11:34:01 +0200
From:   Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
To:     Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>
Cc:     Pablo Ceballos <pceballos@...gle.com>,
        Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@...hat.com>,
        lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-input@...r.kernel.org" <linux-input@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] HID: Driver for Google Hangouts Meet Speakermic

On Thu, Apr 21, 2022 at 10:28 AM Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 5 Apr 2022, Pablo Ceballos wrote:
>
> > This driver works around a problem with the HID usage sent by this
> > device for the mute button. It prevents key events from being generated
> > for that HID usage since they would be incorrect.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Pablo Ceballos <pceballos@...gle.com>
>
> Applied to hid.git#for-5.19/google. Thanks,

I am curious, could not this be achieved without a kernel driver by
simply using udev to map this usage code to KEY_RESERVED?

Thanks.

-- 
Dmitry