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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/hid/uhid.txt')
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1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/hid/uhid.txt b/Documentation/hid/uhid.txt index dc35a2b75ee..54c8f9706a9 100644 --- a/Documentation/hid/uhid.txt +++ b/Documentation/hid/uhid.txt @@ -93,6 +93,11 @@ the request was handled successfully. event to the kernel. The payload is of type struct uhid_create_req and contains information about your device. You can start I/O now. + UHID_CREATE2: + Same as UHID_CREATE, but the HID report descriptor data (rd_data) is an array + inside struct uhid_create2_req, instead of a pointer to a separate array. + Enables use from languages that don't support pointers, e.g. Python. + UHID_DESTROY: This destroys the internal HID device. No further I/O will be accepted. There may still be pending messages that you can receive with read() but no further @@ -105,6 +110,12 @@ the request was handled successfully. contains a data-payload. This is the raw data that you read from your device. The kernel will parse the HID reports and react on it. + UHID_INPUT2: + Same as UHID_INPUT, but the data array is the last field of uhid_input2_req. + Enables userspace to write only the required bytes to kernel (ev.type + + ev.u.input2.size + the part of the data array that matters), instead of + the entire struct uhid_input2_req. + UHID_FEATURE_ANSWER: If you receive a UHID_FEATURE request you must answer with this request. You must copy the "id" field from the request into the answer. Set the "err" field @@ -114,7 +125,7 @@ the request was handled successfully. read() ------ -read() will return a queued ouput report. These output reports can be of type +read() will return a queued output report. These output reports can be of type UHID_START, UHID_STOP, UHID_OPEN, UHID_CLOSE, UHID_OUTPUT or UHID_OUTPUT_EV. No reaction is required to any of them but you should handle them according to your needs. Only UHID_OUTPUT and UHID_OUTPUT_EV have payloads. |