Extend uinput; replace open with os.open.

py/cinput.py

@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ def get_keys(f, ev):
 
 
 def copy_event(estr):
+    """
+    Copy event from a string returned by read().
+    We return a copy because the string will probably be freed.
+    """
     e = ctypes.cast(estr, ctypes.POINTER(input_event))
     ev = e.contents
 
@@ -56,7 +60,7 @@ def copy_event(estr):
 class InputDevice(object):
 
     def __init__(self, path):
-        self._f = open(path)
+        self._f = os.open(path, os.O_RDONLY)
 
     def get_version(self):
         return get_input_version(self._f)
@@ -79,7 +83,7 @@ class InputDevice(object):
         return d
 
     def next_event(self):
-        estr = self._f.read(ctypes.sizeof(input_event))
+        estr = os.read(self._f, ctypes.sizeof(input_event))
         return copy_event(estr)
 
     def get_fd(self):
@@ -87,7 +91,7 @@ class InputDevice(object):
 
 
     def __del__(self):
-        self._f.close()
+        os.close(self._f)
 
 
 def open_uinput():
@@ -145,6 +149,15 @@ class UInputDevice(object):
         # direct methods / programming it rather than just the dict as config
         self._f = write_uinput_device_info(name)
 
+    def expose_event(evt, evk):
+        evbit = evbits[ev]
+        fcntl.ioctl(self._f, evbit, evk)
+
+    def fire_event(ev):
+        """
+        """
+        os.write(self._f, buffer(ev)[:])
+
     def __del__(self):
         free_uinput_device(self._f)
 

py/create.py

@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
-import cinput, linux_uinput, ctypes, fcntl, os
+import linux_uinput, ctypes, fcntl, os
 
 
 from cinput import *
 
 def handle_specs(f, s):
-    print 'ioctl:', fcntl.ioctl(f, UI_SET_EVBIT, cinput.EV_KEY)
-    print 'ioctl:', fcntl.ioctl(f, UI_SET_KEYBIT, cinput.KEY_UP)
+    print 'ioctl:', fcntl.ioctl(f, UI_SET_EVBIT, EV_KEY)
+    print 'ioctl:', fcntl.ioctl(f, UI_SET_KEYBIT, KEY_UP)
 
 
-d = cinput.UInputDevice('Example input device', None)
+d = UInputDevice('Example input device', None)
 
 import time
 time.sleep(5)

py/linux_uinput.py

@@ -24,6 +24,18 @@ UI_SET_PHYS = IOW(UINPUT_IOCTL_BASE, 108, '@i')
 UI_SET_SWBIT = IOW(UINPUT_IOCTL_BASE, 109, '@i')
 UI_SET_PROPBIT = IOW(UINPUT_IOCTL_BASE, 110, '@i')
 
+# TODO: Lacking PHYS and PROP
+evbits = {
+    linux_input.EV_KEY : UI_SET_KEYBIT,
+    linux_input.EV_REL : UI_SET_RELBIT,
+    linux_input.EV_ABS : UI_SET_ABSBIT,
+    linux_input.EV_MSC : UI_SET_MSCBIT,
+    linux_input.EV_LED : UI_SET_LEDBIT,
+    linux_input.EV_SND : UI_SET_SNDBIT,
+    linux_input.EV_FF  : UI_SET_FFBIT,
+    linux_input.EV_SW  : UI_SET_SWBIT
+}
+
 # TODO
 #define UI_BEGIN_FF_UPLOAD  _IOWR(UINPUT_IOCTL_BASE, 200, struct uinput_ff_upload)
 #define UI_END_FF_UPLOAD    _IOW(UINPUT_IOCTL_BASE, 201, struct uinput_ff_upload)

py/read.py

@@ -15,10 +15,6 @@ for k, v in d.iteritems():
 
 while True:
     ev = f.next_event()
-    #estr = f._f.read(ctypes.sizeof(input_event))
-
-    #e = ctypes.cast(estr, ctypes.POINTER(input_event))
-    #ev = e.contents
 
     try:
         print ev.time.tv_sec, ev.time.tv_usec