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| author | johannst <johannst@users.noreply.github.com> | 2022-11-13 14:13:35 +0000 |
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An event is encoded as <code>(BTN, X, Y)</code>.</p> +<ul> +<li><code>BTN</code> button pressed</li> +<li><code>X</code> movement in x-direction <code>-1 -> left</code> and <code>1 -> right</code></li> +<li><code>Y</code> movement in y-direction <code>-1 -> down</code> and <code>1 -> up</code></li> +</ul> +<p>The raw data stream can be inspected as follows.</p> +<pre><code class="language-bash">sudo cat /dev/input/mice | od -tx1 -w3 -v +</code></pre> +<h2 id="eventx"><a class="header" href="#eventx">eventX</a></h2> +<p>These device files are created by the [evdev] driver.</p> +<ul> +<li><code>/dev/input/eventX</code> represents the generic input event interface a <em>SINGLE</em> input deivece.</li> +</ul> +<p>Input events are encoded as given by the <code>input_event</code> struct below. Reading +from the <code>eventX</code> device file will always yield whole number of input events.</p> +<pre><code class="language-c">struct input_event { + struct timeval time; + unsigned short type; + unsigned short code; + unsigned int value; +}; +</code></pre> +<p>On most 64bit machines the raw data stream can be inspected as follows.</p> +<pre><code class="language-bash">sudo cat /dev/input/event4 | od -tx1 -w24 -v +</code></pre> +<h2 id="identifyin-device-files"><a class="header" href="#identifyin-device-files">Identifyin device files.</a></h2> +<p>To find out which device file is assigned to which input device the following +file <code>/proc/bus/input/devices</code> in the proc filesystem can be consulted.</p> +<p>This yields entries as follows and shows which <code>Handlers</code> are assigned to which +<code>Name</code>.</p> +<pre><code>I: Bus=0018 Vendor=04f3 Product=0033 Version=0000 +N: Name="Elan Touchpad" +... +H: Handlers=event15 mouse0 +... +</code></pre> +<h2 id="example-toying-with-devinputeventx"><a class="header" href="#example-toying-with-devinputeventx">Example: Toying with <code>/dev/input/eventX</code></a></h2> +<p>Once compiled, the example should be run as <code>sudo ./event /dev/input/eventX</code>.</p> +<pre><code class="language-c">#include <stdio.h> +#include <fcntl.h> +#include <assert.h> +#include <unistd.h> +#include <time.h> + +#include <sys/time.h> +#include <linux/input-event-codes.h> + +struct input_event { + struct timeval time; + unsigned short type; + unsigned short code; + unsigned int value; +}; + +const char* type(unsigned short t) { + static char buf[32]; + const char* fmt = "0x%x"; + switch (t) { +#define FMT(TYPE) case TYPE: fmt = #TYPE"(0x%x)"; break + FMT(EV_SYN); + FMT(EV_KEY); + FMT(EV_REL); + FMT(EV_ABS); +#undef FMT + } + snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), fmt, t); + return buf; +} + +const char* code(unsigned short c) { + static char buf[32]; + const char* fmt = "0x%x"; + switch (c) { +#define FMT(CODE) case CODE: fmt = #CODE"(0x%x)"; break + FMT(BTN_LEFT); + FMT(BTN_RIGHT); + FMT(BTN_MIDDLE); + FMT(REL_X); + FMT(REL_Y); +#undef FMT + } + snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), fmt, c); + return buf; +} + +const char* timefmt(const struct timeval* t) { + assert(t); + struct tm* lt = localtime(&t->tv_sec); // Returns pointer to static tm object. + static char buf[64]; + strftime(buf, sizeof(buf), "%H:%M:%S", lt); + return buf; +} + +int main(int argc, char* argv[]) { + assert(argc == 2); + + int fd = open(argv[1], O_RDONLY); + assert(fd != -1); + + struct input_event inp; + while (1) { + int ret = read(fd, &inp, sizeof(inp)); + assert(ret == sizeof(inp)); + printf("time: %s type: %s code: %s value: 0x%x\n", + timefmt(&inp.time), type(inp.type), code(inp.code), inp.value); + } +} +</code></pre> +<p>[mousedev]: TODO /home/johannst/dev/linux/drivers/input/mousedev.c +[evdev]: TODO /home/johannst/dev/linux/drivers/input/evdev.c</p> + + </main> + + <nav class="nav-wrapper" aria-label="Page navigation"> + <!-- Mobile navigation buttons --> + <a rel="prev" href="../linux/swap.html" class="mobile-nav-chapters previous" title="Previous chapter" aria-label="Previous chapter" aria-keyshortcuts="Left"> + <i class="fa fa-angle-left"></i> + </a> + <a rel="next" href="../network/index.html" class="mobile-nav-chapters next" title="Next chapter" aria-label="Next chapter" aria-keyshortcuts="Right"> + <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i> + </a> + <div style="clear: both"></div> + </nav> + </div> + </div> + + <nav class="nav-wide-wrapper" aria-label="Page navigation"> + <a rel="prev" href="../linux/swap.html" class="nav-chapters previous" title="Previous chapter" aria-label="Previous chapter" aria-keyshortcuts="Left"> + <i class="fa fa-angle-left"></i> + </a> + <a rel="next" href="../network/index.html" class="nav-chapters next" title="Next chapter" aria-label="Next chapter" aria-keyshortcuts="Right"> + <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i> + </a> + </nav> + + </div> + + <script type="text/javascript"> + window.playground_copyable = true; + </script> + <script src="../elasticlunr.min.js" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script> + <script src="../mark.min.js" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script> + <script src="../searcher.js" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script> + <script src="../clipboard.min.js" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script> + <script src="../highlight.js" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script> + <script src="../book.js" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script> + + <!-- Custom JS scripts --> + </body> +</html> |