HID: Documentation for hidraw

Documenation for the hidraw driver, with sample program.

Signed-off-by: Alan Ott <alan@signal11.us>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>

4 files changed, 182 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/samples/Kconfig b/samples/Kconfig
index e03cf0e374d7..52f4264b3006 100644
--- a/samples/Kconfig
+++ b/samples/Kconfig
@@ -61,4 +61,10 @@ config SAMPLE_KDB
 	  Build an example of how to dynamically add the hello
 	  command to the kdb shell.
 
+config SAMPLE_HIDRAW
+	tristate "Build simple hidraw example"
+	depends on HIDRAW
+	help
+	  Build an example of how to use hidraw from userspace.
+
 endif # SAMPLES
diff --git a/samples/Makefile b/samples/Makefile
index f26c0959fd86..6280817c2b7e 100644
--- a/samples/Makefile
+++ b/samples/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Makefile for Linux samples code
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_SAMPLES)	+= kobject/ kprobes/ tracepoints/ trace_events/ \
-			   hw_breakpoint/ kfifo/ kdb/
+			   hw_breakpoint/ kfifo/ kdb/ hidraw/
diff --git a/samples/hidraw/Makefile b/samples/hidraw/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7811cb0289aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/hidraw/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# kbuild trick to avoid linker error. Can be omitted if a module is built.
+obj- := dummy.o
+
+# List of programs to build
+hostprogs-y := hid-example
+
+# Tell kbuild to always build the programs
+always := $(hostprogs-y)
diff --git a/samples/hidraw/hid-example.c b/samples/hidraw/hid-example.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..40e3d6200582
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/hidraw/hid-example.c
@@ -0,0 +1,167 @@
+/*
+ * Hidraw Userspace Example
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2010 Alan Ott <alan@signal11.us>
+ * Copyright (c) 2010 Signal 11 Software
+ *
+ * The code may be used by anyone for any purpose,
+ * and can serve as a starting point for developing
+ * applications using hidraw.
+ */
+
+/* Linux */
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/input.h>
+#include <linux/hidraw.h>
+
+/* Unix */
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+/* C */
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+
+const char *bus_str(int bus);
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+	int fd;
+	int i, res, desc_size = 0;
+	char buf[256];
+	struct hidraw_report_descriptor rpt_desc;
+	struct hidraw_devinfo info;
+
+	/* Open the Device with non-blocking reads. In real life,
+	   don't use a hard coded path; use libudev instead. */
+	fd = open("/dev/hidraw0", O_RDWR|O_NONBLOCK);
+
+	if (fd < 0) {
+		perror("Unable to open device");
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	memset(&rpt_desc, 0x0, sizeof(rpt_desc));
+	memset(&info, 0x0, sizeof(info));
+	memset(buf, 0x0, sizeof(buf));
+
+	/* Get Report Descriptor Size */
+	res = ioctl(fd, HIDIOCGRDESCSIZE, &desc_size);
+	if (res < 0)
+		perror("HIDIOCGRDESCSIZE");
+	else
+		printf("Report Descriptor Size: %d\n", desc_size);
+
+	/* Get Report Descriptor */
+	rpt_desc.size = desc_size;
+	res = ioctl(fd, HIDIOCGRDESC, &rpt_desc);
+	if (res < 0) {
+		perror("HIDIOCGRDESC");
+	} else {
+		printf("Report Descriptor:\n");
+		for (i = 0; i < rpt_desc.size; i++)
+			printf("%hhx ", rpt_desc.value[i]);
+		puts("\n");
+	}
+
+	/* Get Raw Name */
+	res = ioctl(fd, HIDIOCGRAWNAME(256), buf);
+	if (res < 0)
+		perror("HIDIOCGRAWNAME");
+	else
+		printf("Raw Name: %s\n", buf);
+
+	/* Get Physical Location */
+	res = ioctl(fd, HIDIOCGRAWPHYS(256), buf);
+	if (res < 0)
+		perror("HIDIOCGRAWPHYS");
+	else
+		printf("Raw Phys: %s\n", buf);
+
+	/* Get Raw Info */
+	res = ioctl(fd, HIDIOCGRAWINFO, &info);
+	if (res < 0) {
+		perror("HIDIOCGRAWINFO");
+	} else {
+		printf("Raw Info:\n");
+		printf("\tbustype: %d (%s)\n",
+			info.bustype, bus_str(info.bustype));
+		printf("\tvendor: 0x%04hx\n", info.vendor);
+		printf("\tproduct: 0x%04hx\n", info.product);
+	}
+
+	/* Set Feature */
+	buf[0] = 0x9; /* Report Number */
+	buf[1] = 0xff;
+	buf[2] = 0xff;
+	buf[3] = 0xff;
+	res = ioctl(fd, HIDIOCSFEATURE(4), buf);
+	if (res < 0)
+		perror("HIDIOCSFEATURE");
+	else
+		printf("ioctl HIDIOCGFEATURE returned: %d\n", res);
+
+	/* Get Feature */
+	buf[0] = 0x9; /* Report Number */
+	res = ioctl(fd, HIDIOCGFEATURE(256), buf);
+	if (res < 0) {
+		perror("HIDIOCGFEATURE");
+	} else {
+		printf("ioctl HIDIOCGFEATURE returned: %d\n", res);
+		printf("Report data (not containing the report number):\n\t");
+		for (i = 0; i < res; i++)
+			printf("%hhx ", buf[i]);
+		puts("\n");
+	}
+
+	/* Send a Report to the Device */
+	buf[0] = 0x1; /* Report Number */
+	buf[1] = 0x77;
+	res = write(fd, buf, 2);
+	if (res < 0) {
+		printf("Error: %d\n", errno);
+		perror("write");
+	} else {
+		printf("write() wrote %d bytes\n", res);
+	}
+
+	/* Get a report from the device */
+	res = read(fd, buf, 16);
+	if (res < 0) {
+		perror("read");
+	} else {
+		printf("read() read %d bytes:\n\t", res);
+		for (i = 0; i < res; i++)
+			printf("%hhx ", buf[i]);
+		puts("\n");
+	}
+	close(fd);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+const char *
+bus_str(int bus)
+{
+	switch (bus) {
+	case BUS_USB:
+		return "USB";
+		break;
+	case BUS_HIL:
+		return "HIL";
+		break;
+	case BUS_BLUETOOTH:
+		return "Bluetooth";
+		break;
+	case BUS_VIRTUAL:
+		return "Virtual";
+		break;
+	default:
+		return "Other";
+		break;
+	}
+}