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Re: [PATCH] USB: input: wacom_sys.c: format OLED image in kernel

From: Przemo Firszt <hidden>
Date: 2012-10-04 08:15:27
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Dnia 4 Października 2012, 8:25 am, Cz, Dmitry Torokhov napisał(a):
Hi Przemo,
Hi Dmitry,
On Sun, Sep 09, 2012 at 03:37:18PM -0400, Przemo Firszt wrote:
quoted
This patch adds a new way of handling Wacom Intuos4 family OLEDs.
Previously the images had to be 'scrambled' by userland application. Now
the 'scrambling' is done in the kernel module, so user space can send
simple 64x32 pixels 4-bit grayscale (2 pixels per byte) 0,0 in top left
corner
images straight to a wacom OLED sysfs entry. An example:

dd bs=1024 if=image_file \
of=/sys/bus/usb/drivers/wacom/[DevNo]/wacom_led/button[No]_formattedimg
\
count=1

This patch greatly simplifies user space preparation of the image.
The raw image sysfs enties are still present to avoid breaking API.
I do not not believe that we should add code to the kernel for tasks that
can be just as easily performed in userspace.

Thanks!

--
Dmitry
OK, thanks for the explanation!

-- 
Regards,
Przemo Firszt
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