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Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2024 23:17:52 +0100
From: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
To: Werner Sembach <wse@tuxedocomputers.com>
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Subject: Re: Future handling of complex RGB devices on Linux v2
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Hi!

> so after more feedback from the OpenRGB maintainers I came up with an even
> more generic proposal:
> https://gitlab.com/CalcProgrammer1/OpenRGB/-/issues/3916#note_1753072869

> >evaluate-set-command ioctl taking:
> >{
> >=A0=A0=A0 enum command=A0=A0=A0 =A0=A0=A0 =A0=A0=A0 =A0=A0=A0 /* one of =
supported_commands */
> >=A0=A0=A0 union data
> >=A0=A0=A0 {
> >=A0=A0=A0 =A0=A0=A0 char raw[3072],
> >=A0=A0=A0 =A0=A0=A0 {
> >=A0=A0=A0 =A0=A0=A0 =A0=A0=A0 <input struct for command 0>
> >=A0=A0=A0 =A0=A0=A0 },

Yeah, so ... this is not a interface. This is a backdoor to pass
arbitrary data. That's not going to fly.

For keyboards, we don't need complete new interface; we reasonable
extensions over existing display APIs -- keyboards are clearly 2D.

Best regards,
								Pavel
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