Greg KH wrote: > On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 11:41:28AM -0600, Rick L. Vinyard, Jr. wrote: >> Alan Cox wrote: >> > On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 09:41:56 -0600 >> > "Rick L. Vinyard, Jr." <rvinyard@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > >> >> Greg KH wrote: >> >> > On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 08:55:29AM -0600, Rick L. Vinyard, Jr. >> wrote: >> >> > What are you using the binary sysfs attribute for? It should ONLY >> be >> >> > used as a pass-through to and from hardware, with no interpretation >> by >> >> > the kernel at all. >> >> >> >> It's for the Logitech G13's game panel image (a simple binary bitmap >> of >> >> the pixels). >> >> >> >> It doesn't do any interpretation... just a few checks on the magic >> >> number >> >> and size. >> > >> > If its a bitmap image why not register the device as a framebuffer ? >> > >> >> Would that preclude it also being registered as a HID? The primary >> purpose >> of the device is to function as a keypad input. > > Is the framebuffer a different USB interface? Or are they all > controlled through the same one? > Same USB interface. That's why I was thinking it might not work out. In fact, it uses the same interrupt pipe as the HID reports. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
