Bringing this back. Any thoughts on this Jiri and Benjamin? On Wed, Apr 8, 2020 at 9:45 AM Siarhei Vishniakou <svv@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi Benjamin and Jiri, > > Could you provide your thoughts on this? > > On Wed, Apr 1, 2020 at 1:02 PM Siarhei Vishniakou <svv@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Hello linux-input, > > > > We have noticed a recent behavior change introduced by the commit: > > https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f07b3c1da92db108662f99417a212fc1eddc44d1 > > HID: generic: create one input report per application type. > > > > We have been looking into the behaviour of the Microsoft Designer > > keyboard. Prior to these patches, the keyboard would report as a > > single input_device to the user space. After these patches, the > > keyboard is now split into 2 input devices: “Designer Keyboard > > Consumer Control” and “"Designer Keyboard Keyboard". We noticed that > > this behavior also applies to the keyboard Dell KB216. In the Dell > > case, it is split into 3 devices, which include “Consumer Control” > > (for some of the media keys) and “System Control” (for the sleep > > button). > > > > In both Microsoft and Dell cases, these are pretty standard keyboards, > > although they do contain media keys and power/sleep keys. > > > > Could you please confirm that this new behaviour is indeed > > intentional, and that you wanted keyboards to be split in this > > fashion? > > > > Thanks, > > Siarhei
