Re: [PATCH 0/1] HID: Report Descriptor in Sysfs

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On Fri, 21 Jan 2011, Alan Ott wrote:

> So I'd like to have access to the HID report descriptor in a sysfs entry, so
> I can read it without opening the device.  hid-core seemed like the place to
> put it.
> 
> Using the /sys/class links, for hidraw devices, this puts a new file,
> report_descriptor in the directory:
> 	/sys/class/hidraw/hidraw0/device/
> 
> For my USB device (for example), the new file is in:
> 	/sys/bus/usb/devices/1-5.3:1.0/0003:046D:C216.0001/
> 
> For my Bluetooth device, the new file is in:
> 	/sys/class/bluetooth/hci0/hci0:11/0005:054C:0268.0002/
> 
> I'm not super confident that these file locations are the best place, but I
> made a best guess so that it could be discussed.  The current location is
> where the hid-core stuff lives.  Is there a reason these directories are
> named bus:vendor:product:id (instead of hid-core or something similar)?  Is
> there a better way to do this?

Hi Alan,

the report descriptor is provided through debugfs HID interface already. 
Do you feel like that's not enough?

Thanks,

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs, Novell Inc.
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