Am Mittwoch, 16. Mai 2007 08:41 schrieb Robert Marquardt:
> Oliver Neukum schrieb:
> > Am Dienstag, 15. Mai 2007 16:43 schrieb Robert Marquardt:
> >> Oliver Neukum schrieb:
> >>
> >>> The main problem implementing this is LEDs. HID has the very though
> >>> property of initiating output to them without user space's involvement
> >>> from interrupt context to all attached devices. Doing this with suspended
> >>> devices is problematic.
> >> Is that setting the keyboard LEDs?
> >
> > That I've tested it with. But the HID spec is very versatile. Other devices
> > can use it, too.
> >
> > Regards
> > Oliver
> >
>
> Writing reports to a device from kernel? Why would that be needed?
It is in my experience mainly needed for setting and clearing the LEDs.
But I don't claim to know all input devices in the kernel tree.
> I even see no reason to do it at all. The virtual keyboard should live
> at the border to user mode or even fully in user mode. There should only
> two system devices (like in Windows) mouse and keyboard. Only keyboards
The mouse is not a system device in that sense.
> are writable at all (mice may be writable, but not from the virtual
> mouse point of view).
Preserving the LEDs working under the worst circumstances is important.
I am not sure whether it is a good thing that all keyboards share CAPS LOCK,
etc... , but that's a wider issue.
Regards
Oliver
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