linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] HID: EVision: input mapping fix for K552 keyboard

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Message-ID: <n741p55o-rr42-75nr-2395-975o3qs2qo74@xreary.bet>
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2026 10:12:04 +0100 (CET)
From: Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>
To: PrakarshPanwar <prakarshpanwar@...il.com>
cc: Benjamin Tissoires <bentiss@...nel.org>, linux-input@...r.kernel.org, 
    linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] HID: EVision: input mapping fix for K552 keyboard

On Fri, 5 Dec 2025, PrakarshPanwar via B4 Relay wrote:

> From: PrakarshPanwar <prakarshpanwar@...il.com>
> 
> Added fix for Media Key in Redragon K552 keyboard
> In Windows, this keyboard F1 Key opens Media Player,
> but in Linux it opens System Settings.
> 
> This commit is a fix for that bug it remaps K552 F1 key
> which outputs KEY_CONFIG(171) now outputs KEY_MEDIA(226)
> 
> It also restructures the input mapping code in hid-evision

Given the fact that actuall keycode *IS* being emitted to userspace (just 
a wrong one), can't we do just with remapping the key in userpace using 
systemd-hwdb?

Thanks,

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs