[clug] USB HID.

Brad Hards bradh at frogmouth.net
Wed Jul 15 06:00:38 MDT 2009


On Wednesday 15 July 2009 21:38:05 Jack Kelly wrote:
> I do not believe so - the Linux kernel provides drivers for the
> extremely species-specific USB HID class of devices. Fools! Do they
> think that somewhere-in-the-vicinity-of-Betelgeusians are unable to
> operate their "key-boards"?
As silly as this is getting, I can't help myself.

HID (which was Human Interface Device) doesn't require the device to be used 
by Humans. For example, a USB interface for an UPS is also HID class [0]. 
There are some other examples [1], but I've not seen those implemented to 
spec.

Brad

[0] http://www.usb.org/developers/devclass_docs/pdcv10.pdf 
[1] http://www.usb.org/developers/hidpage/



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