Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Expose input device usages to userspace | From | Arjan van de Ven <> | Date | Tue, 14 Mar 2006 09:22:38 +0100 |
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> > No, I don't think this is needed at all - users should be interested in > > what capabilities a particular device has, not what type it was assigned > > by soneone. > > I see your point that an application should not rely too much on device > usages. However, the main reason I want device usages is to help applications > and users identify and (visually) represent devices. For example, games could > show an appropriate icon graphic representing each active device. The event > interface already has a few other ioctls for this kind of information:
ok then you should consider to do it the other way around: make a way of asking "are you matching THIS profile". rather than "what profile are you"
that way devices can present multiple faces etc; which is going to be needed as more and more weird devices come into existence.
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