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On Mon, 26 Jan 2004 10:44 am, Oliver Neukum wrote:
> Am Montag, 26. Januar 2004 00:17 schrieb Brad Hards:
> > On Mon, 26 Jan 2004 00:47 am, you wrote:
> > > > > Aren't keys who are advertising themselves in that way according to
> > > > > the standard declaring themselves not to be keyboards? It seems to
> > > > > me that such devices should use the system control usage of usage
> > > > > page 0x01.
> > > >
> > > > Should have? Maybe, maybe not - depends on what buttons you are
> > > > trying to use. But that is irrelevant - you can't fix the firmware in
> > > > a keyboard when it is already shipped, and now we have to do the best
> > > > thing possible by the users...
> > >
> > > On second thought, maybe we should evaluate the descriptors in that
> > > case. If the device has just keys, make it a keyboard, else not.
> >
> > The heiristic is going to be difficult. Have you seen USB speakers - same
> > as some of the keys on a multimedia keyboard.
> >
> > This is probably the best option though.
> >
> > BTW: what devices are using 0xC0001, and don't want to be input devices?
>
> They didn't say.
Might be worth a followup question. 

> Yes, it's a bad idea on third thought. Keyboards may have sliders, too.
> Do you really have such a device or is this a recollection?
I recall that my keyboard (Logitech) does this. I think my USB speakers 
(Philips) do this too. But I can't get lsusb to read the descriptors, and 
don't really feel like recompiling the kernel today, so I am working from 
recollection. Maybe later.

> PS: Should we take this back to the list, so Vojtech can comment?
Done.
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