linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] HID: uclogic: Expose firmware name

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Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2024 13:51:28 +0200 (CEST)
From: Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>
To: José Expósito <jose.exposito89@...il.com>
cc: benjamin.tissoires@...hat.com, linux-input@...r.kernel.org, 
    linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] HID: uclogic: Expose firmware name

On Fri, 22 Mar 2024, José Expósito wrote:

> Some vendors reuse the same product ID for different tablets, making it
> difficult for userspace to figure out which table is connected.
> While matching the device name has been used in the past by userspace to
> workaround this limitation, some devices have shown that this is not
> always a valid approach [1].
> 
> However, if userspace could access the firmware version name, it would
> be possible to know which tablet is actually connected by matching it
> against a list of known firmware names [2].
> 
> This patch exposes the firmware version name in the hid->uniq field.
> 
> Link: https://github.com/linuxwacom/libwacom/issues/609  [1]
> Link: https://github.com/linuxwacom/libwacom/issues/610  [2]
> Signed-off-by: José Expósito <jose.exposito89@...il.com>

Applied, thanks.

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs