#2253 closed enhancement (fixed)
usb_hid should support composite devices and non-boot protocol keyboards
| Reported by: | mmlr | Owned by: | mmlr |
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| Priority: | normal | Milestone: | R1 |
| Component: | Drivers/Keyboard/USB | Version: | R1/pre-alpha1 |
| Keywords: | Cc: | ||
| Blocked By: | Blocking: | #3573, #3936 | |
| Platform: | All |
Description
Composite devices that combine multiple HID devices in one USB device like most wireless mouse/keyboard dongles are not currently supported by our usb_hid. Also usb_hid does only implement the boot protocol for keyboards which is only a basic operational model for keyboards which limits the functionality (i.e. "multimedia" keys not working).
I am opening this ticket since issues with composite HID devices were reported to me multiple times already and to indicate that I'm going to work on the usb_hid driver in that regard.
Change History (11)
comment:1 by , 16 years ago
| Status: | new → assigned |
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follow-up: 3 comment:2 by , 16 years ago
comment:3 by , 16 years ago
Replying to axeld:
That's great news! I do have a Microsoft natural keyboard in case you want to have it for testing.
I do too ;-). Those keyboards have the dual configuration of a simple boot-protocol interface that does not support the multimedia keys and a full HID interface. So getting that going will enable those keys. But after they are enable we have to devise a plan as to what to do with them. SpicyKeys comes to mind, maybe we should integrate this kind of functionality.
comment:5 by , 15 years ago
| Blocking: | 3573 added |
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comment:6 by , 15 years ago
| Blocking: | 3936 added |
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(In #3936) Looks fine. The very first device listed is a Microsoft HID device. It has two interfaces of which the first one is the keyboard supporting the boot protocol. The second interface could very well be the mouse, or a combined mouse/keyboard interface. Since the second one doesn't work with the boot protocol (as it can't when providing more flexible input), it isn't recognized by the Haiku usb_hid, as this one currently still lacks generic HID support. Support for that is tracked in #2253, so closing this as a duplicate.
comment:7 by , 15 years ago
In my case I can't boot at all since Haiku doesn't like my USB wireless Logitech mouse+keyboard. IMHO, this bug is a critical one. What can I do to avoid this for the time being? My Vostro 410 doesn't have a PS/2 port and USB parameters in BIOS are very limited.
comment:8 by , 15 years ago
Interesting. I also have a composite device which prevents Haiku from booting if attached. It's a Cherry Wireless keyboard/mouse combo ("Baracuda"?). I though it was just a pecularity and didn't give it much thought, since I don't usually need it.
comment:9 by , 15 years ago
In what way exactly do those devices prevent booting? Like an interrupt storm on controller initialization that freezes the boot process or more like a crash or panic? In any case, please create a new bug report and attach details to it. A screenshot of the last page of on-screen debug output for example. This enhancement ticket is really only about adding support for generic hid devices to usb_hid.
comment:10 by , 15 years ago
| Resolution: | → fixed |
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| Status: | assigned → closed |
Full generic HID support is finally added in hrev31790. Please report bugs with that new implementation in bug reports.
comment:11 by , 15 years ago
I've tried the last version hrev32448... and nothing... My wireless Microsoft Keyboard continues to work but Microsoft Cordless mouse NOT!
So nothing changed, sorry...
That's great news! I do have a Microsoft natural keyboard in case you want to have it for testing.