Opened 15 years ago
Closed 15 years ago
#5136 closed enhancement (invalid)
Recognition of usb hid devices based on usages
Reported by: | bmkx | Owned by: | mmlr |
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Priority: | normal | Milestone: | |
Component: | Drivers/USB | Version: | R1/alpha1 |
Keywords: | HID | Cc: | |
Blocked By: | Blocking: | ||
Platform: | All |
Description
This is a patch that adds possibility to recognize usb device basing on its usage field and changes mouse detection to that new method. This is particularly needed for distinguishing mouse from joystick or other game controllers, because right now such device is seen as another mouse.
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Change History (4)
by , 15 years ago
Attachment: | usb_hid.patch added |
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comment:1 by , 15 years ago
comment:2 by , 15 years ago
This enhancement patch was created before our discussion on ML and I think it's no more valid, as I've started to work on a different approach (as you have proposed). So feel free to close it as non applicable. As a side note: While I agree that devices should be picked by capabilities in general, I'd also like to see an usage of an device (an application more precisely) being presented in some way to the user (of the new framework of course).
comment:3 by , 15 years ago
Resolution: | → invalid |
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Status: | new → closed |
Closing as it will be superseeded by the more general framework.
It's actually fully intentional on my side that these devices aren't picked by their usage but by their capabilities. Mouse-similar devices with two axis is good enough to drive the pointer. That absolute mode isn't supported and therefore joysticks and the like are currently problematic is just a missing feature, it doesn't mean that these devices shouldn't be picked up per se.