Future handling of complex RGB devices on Linux v2

Pavel Machek pavel at ucw.cz
Wed Feb 21 22:17:52 UTC 2024


Hi!

> so after more feedback from the OpenRGB maintainers I came up with an even
> more generic proposal:
> https://gitlab.com/CalcProgrammer1/OpenRGB/-/issues/3916#note_1753072869

> >evaluate-set-command ioctl taking:
> >{
> >    enum command                /* one of supported_commands */
> >    union data
> >    {
> >        char raw[3072],
> >        {
> >            <input struct for command 0>
> >        },

Yeah, so ... this is not a interface. This is a backdoor to pass
arbitrary data. That's not going to fly.

For keyboards, we don't need complete new interface; we reasonable
extensions over existing display APIs -- keyboards are clearly 2D.

Best regards,
								Pavel
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