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The userio Protocol | ||
(c) 2015 Stephen Chandler Paul <[email protected]> | ||
Sponsored by Red Hat | ||
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1. Introduction | ||
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This module is intended to try to make the lives of input driver developers | ||
.. include:: <isonum.txt> | ||
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The userio Protocol | ||
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:Copyright: |copy| 2015 Stephen Chandler Paul <[email protected]> | ||
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Sponsored by Red Hat | ||
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Introduction | ||
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This module is intended to try to make the lives of input driver developers | ||
easier by allowing them to test various serio devices (mainly the various | ||
touchpads found on laptops) without having to have the physical device in front | ||
of them. userio accomplishes this by allowing any privileged userspace program | ||
to directly interact with the kernel's serio driver and control a virtual serio | ||
port from there. | ||
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2. Usage overview | ||
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ||
In order to interact with the userio kernel module, one simply opens the | ||
Usage overview | ||
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In order to interact with the userio kernel module, one simply opens the | ||
/dev/userio character device in their applications. Commands are sent to the | ||
kernel module by writing to the device, and any data received from the serio | ||
driver is read as-is from the /dev/userio device. All of the structures and | ||
macros you need to interact with the device are defined in <linux/userio.h> and | ||
<linux/serio.h>. | ||
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3. Command Structure | ||
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The struct used for sending commands to /dev/userio is as follows: | ||
Command Structure | ||
================= | ||
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The struct used for sending commands to /dev/userio is as follows:: | ||
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struct userio_cmd { | ||
__u8 type; | ||
__u8 data; | ||
}; | ||
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"type" describes the type of command that is being sent. This can be any one | ||
of the USERIO_CMD macros defined in <linux/userio.h>. "data" is the argument | ||
``type`` describes the type of command that is being sent. This can be any one | ||
of the USERIO_CMD macros defined in <linux/userio.h>. ``data`` is the argument | ||
that goes along with the command. In the event that the command doesn't have an | ||
argument, this field can be left untouched and will be ignored by the kernel. | ||
Each command should be sent by writing the struct directly to the character | ||
device. In the event that the command you send is invalid, an error will be | ||
returned by the character device and a more descriptive error will be printed | ||
to the kernel log. Only one command can be sent at a time, any additional data | ||
written to the character device after the initial command will be ignored. | ||
To close the virtual serio port, just close /dev/userio. | ||
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4. Commands | ||
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To close the virtual serio port, just close /dev/userio. | ||
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Commands | ||
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USERIO_CMD_REGISTER | ||
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4.1 USERIO_CMD_REGISTER | ||
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Registers the port with the serio driver and begins transmitting data back and | ||
Registers the port with the serio driver and begins transmitting data back and | ||
forth. Registration can only be performed once a port type is set with | ||
USERIO_CMD_SET_PORT_TYPE. Has no argument. | ||
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4.2 USERIO_CMD_SET_PORT_TYPE | ||
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Sets the type of port we're emulating, where "data" is the port type being | ||
USERIO_CMD_SET_PORT_TYPE | ||
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Sets the type of port we're emulating, where ``data`` is the port type being | ||
set. Can be any of the macros from <linux/serio.h>. For example: SERIO_8042 | ||
would set the port type to be a normal PS/2 port. | ||
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4.3 USERIO_CMD_SEND_INTERRUPT | ||
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Sends an interrupt through the virtual serio port to the serio driver, where | ||
"data" is the interrupt data being sent. | ||
USERIO_CMD_SEND_INTERRUPT | ||
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ||
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Sends an interrupt through the virtual serio port to the serio driver, where | ||
``data`` is the interrupt data being sent. | ||
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Userspace tools | ||
=============== | ||
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5. Userspace tools | ||
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The userio userspace tools are able to record PS/2 devices using some of the | ||
The userio userspace tools are able to record PS/2 devices using some of the | ||
debugging information from i8042, and play back the devices on /dev/userio. The | ||
latest version of these tools can be found at: | ||
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