Re: 'Phys:' field for keyboards (and other input devices)

[Brad H. <bh...@bi...>]

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On Mon, 7 Oct 2002 18:07, Vojtech Pavlik wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 27, 2002 at 09:34:31PM +1000, Brad Hards wrote:
> > And it is broken, at least on USB. We're reporting the same on both
> > EVIOCGPHYS and EVIOGUNIQ - the path.
>
> Hmm, It doesn't seem so to me:
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You were right, of course. I cut'n'pasted my test code, and forgot to change 
the ioctl from EVIOCGPHYS to EVIOCGUNIQ. I feel quite embarressed :-(

> Others usually don't set UNIQ and only set PHYS as they don't have an
> unique identifier.
So a NULL string means "I don't have a unique identifier"?

I can't actually find a HID device that has a serial number. Maybe I need to 
make one...

Brad

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