libhid-detach-device(1)

💖 libhid-detach-device — the manual page, bestie edition 💖

okay so this is the man page for libhid-detach-device (that's the name of the manual, section 1, yk, like a command-line tool manual). sit down, hydrate, and let's get into it 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

libhid-detach-device — a simple tool to take away control over a HID from the kernel HID driver's 💅

like. the whole point is snatching a HID out of the kernel's hands. it's giving "no ❤️ you don't get to drive anymore."

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

libhid-detach-device dead:beef

yep that's it. one arg. dead:beef is literally the example and honestly? iconic. 🍓

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

okay so here's the tea ☕ libhid-detach-device removes the device identified by the ID string (as output by lsusb) from under the kernel HID driver's control.

so like, that ID string? you get it from lsusb, mwah, copy it, hand it over, and the kernel stops being the main character of that HID's life.

Subsequently — yes we're using the word subsequently, it's a whole vibe — programmes using libhid can access the HID's descriptors from user-space. and get this, lsusb -vvv can give information about the HID usages too. so you're not just detaching and abandoning it, you get to peek at the descriptors afterwards. slay. 🔥

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✨ AUTHOR ✨

This manual page was written by martin f. krafft <libhid@pobox.madduck.net> 🎀

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the Artistic License: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/artistic-license.php . On Debian systems, the complete text of the Artistic License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/Artistic.

like yes bestie, it's the Artistic License, go read it, it's right there in /usr/share/common-licenses/Artistic on Debian. permission granted, periodt. 👑

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and that's the whole thing 🦋 this was libhid-detach-device(1), dated Nov 09, 2004, and it's been serving user-space HID access realness ever since. stay detached, stay iconic. no cap. 💜✨