On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 04:25:14PM +0100, Gerd Hoffmann wrote: > On Di, 2015-03-24 at 15:14 +0100, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 02:37:24PM +0100, Gerd Hoffmann wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > input layer checks it and ignores events not supported (according to > > > > > the > > > > > support bitmaps). > > > > > > > > Right but support bitmaps come from host too, no? > > > > > > Yes, but the driver will not set invalid bits (bitcount argument for the > > > virtinput_cfg_bits() function is the number of valid bits of the > > > specific bitmap). > > > > > > cheers, > > > Gerd > > > > > > > > > > > > > Question: does linux ever get such events from userspace > > as opposed to sending them to userspace? > > Yes, it's possible using the userspace input driver > (CONFIG_INPUT_UINPUT)
No, not through uinput (as from kernel POV uinput is also a driver), but users can write into evdev. Sending unknown codes is OK: events of unknown type will be dropped by the input core, unknown event codes will be passed on; users not recognizing event code should simply ignore it. Thanks. -- Dmitry -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
