Re: keyboard/mouse programming

Robert Redelmeier wrote:

Sure. But AFAIK, the tilt bits are only a msg sent to the OS driver
by peripheral hardware. An OS driver is free to ignore the bits,
but the OpenBSD driver probably has not been so re-written.


Unlikely, since the purpose of the tilt bit is for hardware to die rather than act glitchy (introducing functionality errors by messing with the power supply -- "glitching" -- is a common technique for hacking hardware-based DRM systems) there is not going to be a way to send a message; the only option is for the hardware to shoot itself in the head. Supposedly the tilt bits will reset "after a second or so"; that reset might be done by the driver for all I know.

-hpa
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