tree 8fee2c82e215b87699ad6615239752af50ac9310
parent 4dd295a73e80b55c3fec25555bf0a5d253023740
author Henrik Rydberg <rydberg@euromail.se> 1292701873 +0100
committer Henrik Rydberg <rydberg@euromail.se> 1292834253 +0100

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>