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Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2024 13:51:28 +0200 (CEST)
From: Jiri Kosina <jikos@kernel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] HID: uclogic: Expose firmware name
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On Fri, 22 Mar 2024, Jos=C3=A9 Exp=C3=B3sito wrote:

> Some vendors reuse the same product ID for different tablets, making it
> difficult for userspace to figure out which table is connected.
> While matching the device name has been used in the past by userspace to
> workaround this limitation, some devices have shown that this is not
> always a valid approach [1].
>=20
> However, if userspace could access the firmware version name, it would
> be possible to know which tablet is actually connected by matching it
> against a list of known firmware names [2].
>=20
> This patch exposes the firmware version name in the hid->uniq field.
>=20
> Link: https://github.com/linuxwacom/libwacom/issues/609  [1]
> Link: https://github.com/linuxwacom/libwacom/issues/610  [2]
> Signed-off-by: Jos=C3=A9 Exp=C3=B3sito <jose.exposito89@gmail.com>

Applied, thanks.

--=20
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs