On Saturday 10 March 2007, Jiri Kosina wrote: >On Fri, 9 Mar 2007, Gene Heskett wrote: >> Oh? I wasn't aware of that. What other data paths can it use besides >> a usb port? > >Until 2.6.20, HID in kernel was USB-only thing. In 2.6.20 I have > distilled the generic HID layer, which is now also hooked by the > Bluetooth code, as there are many Bluetooth devices with conform to HID > specification, and it was previously impossible for Bluetooth devices > to receive full reporting support in linux, without duplicating tons of > USB code into bluetooth. > >There are still pending issues though, one of them being converting the >HID layer to bus, so that individual device that don't wish the certain >device to be handled by generic HID code, register on this HID bus and >handle the HID events from given device in a unified way (for example >current Wacom driver would use this facility, among other). As a bonus, >this is going to shrink the hid_blacklist, which currently has to > contain all devices for which there are specialized drivers.
That sounds good Jiri, and has to potential to shrink the object code from the sounds of it. I don't think it will effect the answer to my question though. :-) -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) * lilo hereby declares OPN a virtual pain in the ass :) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ linux-usb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
