HID Driver

Pratyush Das reikdas at gmail.com
Fri Mar 15 08:53:37 EDT 2019


Hi,

I want the device operated by the Arduino Uno board to be recognised as a
mouse by my Linux OS. To control the cursor I am using the X11 API.

Thanks,

On Fri, 15 Mar, 2019, 01:39 Greg KH, <greg at kroah.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 14, 2019 at 11:18:34PM +0530, Pratyush Das wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a device operated via an Arduino UNO board. I would like to write
> a
> > driver for it so that my computer running linux recognises it natively.
> >
> > I have no experience writing drivers. Where should I start to
> specifically
> > do something like this? Are there any templates or guides for drivers for
> > this sort of thing specifically?
> >
> > Do I need to start over from scratch - learning how to write drivers? If
> > so, could you recommend any resources in particular which would take me
> on
> > the path to write drivers for HIDs in particular(to begin with)?
>
> You should not need to write any kernel driver for Linux to support a
> HID device, it's all included already.
>
> HAve you tried using your device on Linux?  What did, or did not, work
> for you?
>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h
>
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