Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: ioctl to keyboard device file | From | Marcel Holtmann <> | Date | Thu, 12 May 2005 12:01:31 +0200 |
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Hi,
> >>>> I want to add a new ioctl to keyboard driver device file which will > >>>> perform the work of copying user space data sent to it into kernel > >>>> space and send those characters to handle_scancode function of keyboard > >>>> driver.. Now I want to know > >>>> > >>>> 1) what is the device file corresponding to keyboard (is it > >>>> /dev/input/keyboard). > >>>> 2) where file operations structure is defined for that. > >>>> 3) where the those ioctls handled(not found in keyboard.c). > >>>> > >>>> Any small help is appreciated. > >>> > >>> why not using uinput for this job? > >> > >> Thanks for the solution. I did the above task, by defining a new > >> character device driver and sending ioctl to it. and calling > >> handle_scancode from it. Now I want > >> to do the same task with in the keyboard driver. For that I need to send > >> ioctl to keyboard device file. > >> For that only I asked the > >> above doubts. > > > > what your are trying to do looks wrong to me. Why don't you use uinput. > > It is there and it is the correct thing for the job. > > > > Can u pl. tell what uinput will do, > Can u have any idea about the way That I want it to do.
with uinput you can write your own input driver (keyboards, mice etc.) in the userspace. So you create a keyboard device driven by uinput and feed your key strokes from the other machine to it.
Regards
Marcel
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