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SubjectRe: usb/input: Split into separate layers (was: Re: [PATCH 1/1] usb/input: Add missing keys to hid-debug.h)
On Tue, Jan 03, 2006 at 11:11:33PM +0100, Michael Hanselmann wrote:
> Hello Vojtech
>
> On Tue, Jan 03, 2006 at 08:53:44PM +0100, Vojtech Pavlik wrote:
> > We should split HID in two parts - transport and decoding. This would
> > help in many places:
> > [...]
>
> > I don't have the time to do the split myself, but it shouldn't be too
> > hard.
>
> And for myself, I think I'm not enough into kernel development already.
> Beside of that, USB isn't my very interest but those patches had to be
> done to get the new PowerBook models running smooth. Hopefully there's
> someone else interested in doing the split because it would be a good
> thing.
>
> > It would not be the perfect solution for Apple keyboards, [...]
>
> Does that mean the patch doesn't get into the kernel until the split
> happened?

No, I'm fine with the patch going in, but it can be removed and redone
as a separate HID parser if the split happens.

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Vojtech Pavlik
SuSE Labs, SuSE CR
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