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SubjectRe: [PATCH v4 0/1] HID: Report Descriptor in Sysfs
On 01/23/2011 10:50 PM, Alan Ott wrote:
> So I'd like to have access to the HID report descriptor in a sysfs entry, so
> I can read it without opening the device. hid-core seemed like the place to
> put it.
>
> Using the /sys/class links, for hidraw devices, this puts a new file,
> report_descriptor in the directory:
> /sys/class/hidraw/hidraw0/device/
>
> For my USB device (for example), the new file is in:
> /sys/bus/usb/devices/1-5.3:1.0/0003:046D:C216.0001/
>
> For my Bluetooth device, the new file is in:
> /sys/class/bluetooth/hci0/hci0:11/0005:054C:0268.0002/
>
> I'm not super confident that these file locations are the best place, but I
> made a best guess so that it could be discussed. The current location is
> where the hid-core stuff lives. Is there a reason these directories are
> named bus:vendor:product:id (instead of hid-core or something similar)? Is
> there a better way to do this?
>
> Alan.
>
> Alan Ott (1):
> hid: Add HID Report Descriptor to sysfs.
>
> Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-driver-hid | 10 ++++++++
> drivers/hid/hid-core.c | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 2 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> create mode 100644 Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-driver-hid
>
>

I Didn't get any responses on the fixed-up patch. Does anyone have any
issue with this?

Alan.




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