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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/input/event-codes.txt | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/uapi/linux/input.h | 1 |
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/input/event-codes.txt b/Documentation/input/event-codes.txt index 53305bd08182..f1ea2c69648d 100644 --- a/Documentation/input/event-codes.txt +++ b/Documentation/input/event-codes.txt @@ -196,6 +196,17 @@ EV_MSC: EV_MSC events are used for input and output events that do not fall under other categories. +A few EV_MSC codes have special meaning: + +* MSC_TIMESTAMP: + - Used to report the number of microseconds since the last reset. This event + should be coded as an uint32 value, which is allowed to wrap around with + no special consequence. It is assumed that the time difference between two + consecutive events is reliable on a reasonable time scale (hours). + A reset to zero can happen, in which case the time since the last event is + unknown. If the device does not provide this information, the driver must + not provide it to user space. + EV_LED: ---------- EV_LED events are used for input and output to set and query the state of diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/input.h b/include/uapi/linux/input.h index 558828590a69..935119c698ac 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/input.h +++ b/include/uapi/linux/input.h @@ -851,6 +851,7 @@ struct input_keymap_entry { #define MSC_GESTURE 0x02 #define MSC_RAW 0x03 #define MSC_SCAN 0x04 +#define MSC_TIMESTAMP 0x05 #define MSC_MAX 0x07 #define MSC_CNT (MSC_MAX+1) |