usb/103418: [usb] [patch] usbhidctl: add ability to write output and feature items

Rene Ladan r.c.ladan at gmail.com
Wed Oct 11 11:20:23 UTC 2006


The following reply was made to PR usb/103418; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Rene Ladan <r.c.ladan at gmail.com>
To: bug-followup at FreeBSD.org,  r.c.ladan at gmail.com
Cc:  
Subject: Re: usb/103418: [usb] [patch] usbhidctl: add ability to write output
 and feature items
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 13:16:18 +0200

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 Attached is the patch for the corresponding manual page.
 
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 --- /usr/src/usr.bin/usbhidctl/usbhidctl.1	Tue Jan 18 14:43:55 2005
 +++ usbhidctl.1	Tue Sep 19 23:46:47 2006
 @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
  .\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
  .\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
  .\"
 -.Dd July 12, 1998
 +.Dd September 20, 2006
  .Dt USBHIDCTL 1
  .Os
  .Sh NAME
 @@ -51,13 +51,22 @@
  .Op Fl t Ar table
  .Op Fl v
  .Op Ar item ...
 +.Nm
 +.Fl f Ar device
 +.Op t ar table
 +.Fl w Ar name Ns = Ar value ...
  .Sh DESCRIPTION
  The
  .Nm
 -utility can be used to dump the state of a USB HID (Human Interface Device).
 +utility can be used to dump or modify the state of a USB HID (Human Interface Device).
  Each named
  .Ar item
  is printed.
 +If the
 +.Fl w
 +flag is specified
 +.Nm
 +attempts to set the specified items to the given values.
  .Pp
  The options are as follows:
  .Bl -tag -width Ds
 @@ -67,6 +76,7 @@
  Specify a path name for the device to operate on.
  .It Fl l
  Loop and dump the device data every time it changes.
 +Only 'input' items are displayed in this mode.
  .It Fl n
  Suppress printing of the item name.
  .It Fl r
 @@ -75,6 +85,9 @@
  Specify a path name for the HID usage table file.
  .It Fl v
  Be verbose.
 +.It Fl w
 +Change item values.
 +Only 'output' and 'feature' kinds can be set with this option.
  .El
  .Sh FILES
  .Pa /usr/share/misc/usb_hid_usages
 @@ -91,4 +104,4 @@
  .Sh BUGS
  The
  .Nm
 -utility cannot show nor set output and feature items.
 +utility cannot show feature items.
 
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