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    The uinput driver allows creating virtual input devices from userspace by writing a struct uinput_device to a character device, usually located at /dev/uinput. This establishes the device's capabilities. Additional configuration is set via ioctl calls. The UI_DEV_CREATE ioctl registers the new virtual device with the input subsystem. Events can then be sent to the driver and other applications via write calls and received via read calls, similar to an event device.

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    The uinput driver allows creating virtual input devices from userspace by writing a struct uinput_device to a character device, usually located at /dev/uinput. This establishes the device's capabilities. Additional configuration is set via ioctl calls. The UI_DEV_CREATE ioctl registers the new virtual device with the input subsystem. Events can then be sent to the driver and other applications via write calls and received via read calls, similar to an event device.

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    Linux User Input Driver Programming

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    The uinput driver allows creating virtual input devices from userspace by writing a struct uinput_device to a character device, usually located at /dev/uinput. This establishes the device's capabilities. Additional configuration is set via ioctl calls. The UI_DEV_CREATE ioctl registers the new virtual device with the input subsystem. Events can then be sent to the driver and other applications via write calls and received via read calls, similar to an event device.

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    LINUX DEVICE DRIVER PROGRAMING

    UINPUT :

    USER LEVEL DRIVER SUPPORT FOR INPUT SUBSYSTEM The uinput driver creates a character device, usually at /dev/uinput, that can

    be used to create Linux input devices from userspace. The device's capabilities and identity are established primarily by write()'ing a struct uinput_device. Information not contained in this structure is provided with the UI_SET_* family of ioctl()s. After all this, UI_DEV_CREATE actually registers a new device with the input subsystem. Between UI_DEV_CREATE and UI_DEV_DESTROY, the UI_SET_* ioctl()s can't be used. Once the device has been created, /dev/uinput acts much like an event device. write() sends a struct input_event out of the device, read() fetches input events sent back to the driver by applications. Note that events written will also be echoed back on read.

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