On Wed, 13 Jan 2021, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > A typical USB keyboard usually splits its keys into several reports: > > - one for the basic alphanumeric keys, modifier keys, F<n> keys, six pack > keys and keypad. This report's application is normally listed as > GenericDesktop.Keyboard > - a GenericDesktop.SystemControl report for the system control keys, such > as power and sleep > - Consumer.ConsumerControl report for multimedia (forward, rewind, > play/pause, mute, etc) and other extended keys. > - additional output, vendor specific, and feature reports > > Splitting each report into a separate input device is wasteful and even > hurts userspace as it makes it harder to determine the true capabilities > (set of available keys) of a keyboard, so let's adjust application > matching to merge system control and consumer control reports with > keyboard report, if one has already been processed. > > Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx> > --- Queued in for-5.12/core. Thanks, -- Jiri Kosina SUSE Labs
