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initial import of hidapi netbsd uhid native backend from mainstream
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https://github.com/libusb/hidapi/pull/612
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Implementation Notes
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NetBSD maps every `uhidev` device to one or more `uhid`
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devices. Each `uhid` device only supports one report ID.
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The parent device `uhidev` creates one `uhid` device per
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report ID found in the hardware's report descriptor.
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In the event there are no report ID(s) found within the
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report descriptor, only one `uhid` device with a report ID
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of `0` is created.
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In order to remain compatible with existing `hidapi` APIs,
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all the `uhid` devices created by the parent `uhidev` device
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must be opened under the same `hid_device` instance to ensure
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that we can route reports to their appropriate `uhid` device.
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Internally the `uhid` driver will insert the report ID as
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needed so we must also omit the report ID in any situation
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where the `hidapi` API expects it to be included in the
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report data stream.
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Given the design of `uhid`, it must be augmented with extra
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platform specific APIs to ensure that the exact relationship
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between `uhidev` devices and `uhid` devices can be determined.
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The NetBSD implementation does this via the `drvctl` kernel
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driver. At present there is no known way to do this on OpenBSD
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for a `uhid` implementation to be at the same level as the
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NetBSD one.
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