Re: [PATCH 3/4] identify firmware version

From: Rafi Rubin
Date: Sun Aug 29 2010 - 16:08:21 EST


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On 08/27/10 08:01, Henrik Rydberg wrote:
> On 08/26/2010 06:54 AM, Rafi Rubin wrote:
>
>> This adds firmware version polling to the end of probe and reports the
>> version both in the raw form and proccessed to match the formatting used
>> by ntrig in windows.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Rafi Rubin <rafi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
> The version field of the input_id struct is a 16-bit number that can be used to
> code device-specific version information, and is retrievable via EVIOCGID.
> Perhaps one could code the firmware version in there.
>
> Henrik

Thanks, I missed that field and will update my approach accordingly.

I suppose in that case, I should also keep the firmware decoding as a userspace
tool.

Micki, would you care to comment on the decoding? Any misplaced bits, or
additional bits you would like to add mappings for?

Rafi
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