Re: [PATCH v2] input: Add userspace HID support

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Hi Petri,

On Thu, May 08, 2014, Petri Gynther wrote:
> Enable HID protocol handling in userspace when UserspaceHID=true in input.conf.
> 
> Benefits of userspace HID:
> 1. Persistent HID/input pipeline
>    For a Bluetooth HID device, the corresponding kernel HID/input devices are
>    created only once when the Bluetooth HID device is used the first time.
>    The HID/input pipeline is not destroyed and recreated every time when
>    the Bluetooth HID device disconnects and reconnects.
> 
> 2. HID vs HoG parity
>    Enables HID and HoG devices to operate the same way in BlueZ stack, using
>    uHID kernel module (/dev/uhid) to pass HID report data between bluetoothd
>    and kernel HID subsystem.
> 
> 3. Debugging
>    It is easier to debug HID protocol in userspace than in HIDP kernel module.
> ---
>  Makefile.plugins           |   3 +-
>  profiles/input/device.c    | 674 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
>  profiles/input/device.h    |   1 +
>  profiles/input/hidp_defs.h |  79 ++++++
>  profiles/input/input.conf  |   4 +
>  profiles/input/manager.c   |  10 +
>  6 files changed, 754 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 profiles/input/hidp_defs.h

Applied. Thanks.

Johan
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