Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751661AbWADKem (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Jan 2006 05:34:42 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751662AbWADKel (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Jan 2006 05:34:41 -0500 Received: from styx.suse.cz ([82.119.242.94]:23703 "EHLO mail.suse.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751655AbWADKel (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Jan 2006 05:34:41 -0500 Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2006 11:34:23 +0100 From: Vojtech Pavlik To: Michael Hanselmann Cc: Dmitry Torokhov , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-input@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz Subject: Re: usb/input: Split into separate layers (was: Re: [PATCH 1/1] usb/input: Add missing keys to hid-debug.h) Message-ID: <20060104103423.GB7168@corona.suse.cz> References: <20060102233730.GA29826@hansmi.ch> <200601030142.32623.dtor_core@ameritech.net> <20060103195344.GC6443@corona.home.nbox.cz> <20060103221133.GA13921@hansmi.ch> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060103221133.GA13921@hansmi.ch> X-Bounce-Cookie: It's a lemon tree, dear Watson! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1213 Lines: 33 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. -- Vojtech Pavlik SuSE Labs, SuSE CR - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/