Re: usb hid: reset NumLock

[Dmitry Torokhov]

Hi Pete,

On 3/30/07, Pete Zaitcev <zaitcev@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I didn't like a) layering violation, and b) that they defeat filtering
> unconditionally. Why have any filtering then?
>
> Instead, I propose for USB HID driver to reset NumLock on probe. Like this:
>
> --- a/drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c
> +++ b/drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c
> @@ -458,6 +458,18 @@ static int usb_hidinput_input_event(struct input_dev *dev, unsigned int type, un
>        return 0;
>  }
>
> +static void usbhid_set_leds(struct hid_device *hid, unsigned int code, int val)
> +{
> +       struct hid_field *field;
> +       int offset;
> +
> +       /* This is often called for the mouse half. */
> +       if ((offset = hidinput_find_field(hid, EV_LED, code, &field)) != -1) {
> +               hid_set_field(field, offset, val);
> +               usbhid_submit_report(hid, field->report, USB_DIR_OUT);
> +       }
> +}
> +

This is fine and that's what we do in atkbd probe but maybe we should
move that in input core and reset leds as part of
input_register_device()?

--
Dmitry
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