Input: introduce device properties
Today, userspace sets up an input device based on the data it emits.
This is not always enough; a tablet and a touchscreen may emit exactly
the same data, for instance, but the former should be set up with a
pointer whereas the latter does not need to. Recently, a new type of
touchpad has emerged where the buttons are under the pad, which
changes logic without changing the emitted data. This patch introduces
a new ioctl, EVIOCGPROP, which enables user access to a set of device
properties useful during setup. The properties are given as a bitmap
in the same fashion as the event types, and are also made available
via sysfs, uevent and /proc/bus/input/devices.
Acked-by: Ping Cheng <pingc@wacom.com>
Acked-by: Chase Douglas <chase.douglas@canonical.com>
Acked-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@mail.ru>
Signed-off-by: Henrik Rydberg <rydberg@euromail.se>
diff --git a/include/linux/input.h b/include/linux/input.h
index b3a1e02..8d9c76c 100644
--- a/include/linux/input.h
+++ b/include/linux/input.h
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@
#define EVIOCGNAME(len) _IOC(_IOC_READ, 'E', 0x06, len) /* get device name */
#define EVIOCGPHYS(len) _IOC(_IOC_READ, 'E', 0x07, len) /* get physical location */
#define EVIOCGUNIQ(len) _IOC(_IOC_READ, 'E', 0x08, len) /* get unique identifier */
+#define EVIOCGPROP(len) _IOC(_IOC_READ, 'E', 0x09, len) /* get device properties */
#define EVIOCGKEY(len) _IOC(_IOC_READ, 'E', 0x18, len) /* get global key state */
#define EVIOCGLED(len) _IOC(_IOC_READ, 'E', 0x19, len) /* get all LEDs */
@@ -108,6 +109,18 @@
#define EVIOCGRAB _IOW('E', 0x90, int) /* Grab/Release device */
/*
+ * Device properties and quirks
+ */
+
+#define INPUT_PROP_POINTER 0x00 /* needs a pointer */
+#define INPUT_PROP_DIRECT 0x01 /* direct input devices */
+#define INPUT_PROP_BUTTONPAD 0x02 /* has button(s) under pad */
+#define INPUT_PROP_SEMI_MT 0x03 /* touch rectangle only */
+
+#define INPUT_PROP_MAX 0x1f
+#define INPUT_PROP_CNT (INPUT_PROP_MAX + 1)
+
+/*
* Event types
*/
@@ -1090,6 +1103,7 @@
* @phys: physical path to the device in the system hierarchy
* @uniq: unique identification code for the device (if device has it)
* @id: id of the device (struct input_id)
+ * @propbit: bitmap of device properties and quirks
* @evbit: bitmap of types of events supported by the device (EV_KEY,
* EV_REL, etc.)
* @keybit: bitmap of keys/buttons this device has
@@ -1173,6 +1187,8 @@
const char *uniq;
struct input_id id;
+ unsigned long propbit[BITS_TO_LONGS(INPUT_PROP_CNT)];
+
unsigned long evbit[BITS_TO_LONGS(EV_CNT)];
unsigned long keybit[BITS_TO_LONGS(KEY_CNT)];
unsigned long relbit[BITS_TO_LONGS(REL_CNT)];