On Thu, 2011-01-06 at 17:34 -0800, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > No, instead of adding yet another kernel attribute just use ioctl to get > current switch state. Or write a general purpose utility to query > switch/key state and contribute it to consoletools project - many people > have asked fr it ;) Thanks for the review. Did you mean consoletools as in http://lct.sourceforge.net/ ? It looks rather dead. Perhaps util-linux-ng would be a more appropriate target? I'm attaching the general purpose utility for your comments. Thanks, Daniel
/* * evstate: query evdev key/led/sw/snd state * Returns exit code 1 if the state bit is set (key pressed, LED on, etc.), * and 0 if the state bit is unset. * * Copyright (C) 2011 One Laptop per Child * * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along * with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. */ #define _GNU_SOURCE #include <errno.h> #include <fcntl.h> #include <stdint.h> #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <string.h> #include <sys/stat.h> #include <sys/types.h> #include <unistd.h> #include <linux/input.h> #define BITS_PER_LONG (sizeof(long) * 8) static int test_bit(unsigned int nr, void *addr) { return ((1UL << (nr % BITS_PER_LONG)) & (((unsigned long *) addr)[nr / BITS_PER_LONG])) != 0; } static void __attribute__((noreturn)) usage(void) { printf("Usage:\n" " %s <device> <mode> <key>\n" "Valid modes: key, led, snd, sw\n", program_invocation_short_name); exit(2); } static const struct mode { const char *name; int max; int rq; } requests[] = { { "key", KEY_MAX, EVIOCGKEY(KEY_MAX) }, { "led", LED_MAX, EVIOCGLED(LED_MAX) }, { "snd", SND_MAX, EVIOCGSND(SND_MAX) }, { "sw", SW_MAX, EVIOCGSW(SW_MAX) }, }; static const struct mode *find_mode(const char *name) { int i; for (i = 0; i < sizeof(requests) / sizeof(*requests); i++) { const struct mode *mode = &requests[i]; if (strcmp(mode->name, name) == 0) return mode; } return NULL; } static int query_state(const char *device, long int keyno, const struct mode *mode) { uint8_t state[(mode->max / 8) + 1]; int fd; int r; if (keyno < 0 || keyno > mode->max) { fprintf(stderr, "Unrecognised key %d\n", keyno); exit(3); } fd = open(device, O_RDONLY); if (fd == -1) { perror("open"); exit(3); } memset(state, 0, sizeof(state)); r = ioctl(fd, mode->rq, state); close(fd); if (r == -1) { perror("ioctl"); exit(3); } return test_bit(keyno, state); } int main(int argc, char **argv) { const struct mode *mode; long int keyno; if (argc != 4) usage(); mode = find_mode(argv[2]); if (!mode) { fprintf(stderr, "Unrecognised mode.\n"); usage(); } keyno = strtol(argv[3], NULL, 10); return query_state(argv[1], keyno, mode); }