On Mon, 12 Mar 2012, simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > >> The LEDs on the G27 are very much more specific, mounted on the yoke of > >> the gaming wheel. > > > >> Would this require the use/complexity of the LED subsystem? > > > > Well, it'd mean that applications that know how to drive LEDs will be > > able to use the LEDs on this wheel with less per device knowledge which > > seems like a useful thing and if someone wants to remap a LED to "new > > mail" or whatever that'll be easier (nethack has the mailer daemon > > deliver a scroll of mail!). > > I'm not familiar with the LED subsystem, but my concerns would be that > this would add a whole load of code to implement. Not really, it's rather simple to use and as Mark said, it's a proper infrastructure to use here. We already have HID drivers which are using this -- you can look at PicoLCD or Wiimote drivers and you'll see that it's indeed fairly simple. > PS. I don't really care about email when screaming around Laguna Seca ;-) :)) -- Jiri Kosina SUSE Labs -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-input" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
