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-rw-r--r--Documentation/input/event-codes.rst21
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diff --git a/Documentation/hid/uhid.txt b/Documentation/hid/uhid.txt
index c8656dd029a9..958fff945304 100644
--- a/Documentation/hid/uhid.txt
+++ b/Documentation/hid/uhid.txt
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ them but you should handle them according to your needs.
UHID_OUTPUT:
This is sent if the HID device driver wants to send raw data to the I/O
device on the interrupt channel. You should read the payload and forward it to
- the device. The payload is of type "struct uhid_data_req".
+ the device. The payload is of type "struct uhid_output_req".
This may be received even though you haven't received UHID_OPEN, yet.
UHID_GET_REPORT:
diff --git a/Documentation/input/event-codes.rst b/Documentation/input/event-codes.rst
index a8c0873beb95..b24b5343f5eb 100644
--- a/Documentation/input/event-codes.rst
+++ b/Documentation/input/event-codes.rst
@@ -190,7 +190,26 @@ A few EV_REL codes have special meanings:
* REL_WHEEL, REL_HWHEEL:
- These codes are used for vertical and horizontal scroll wheels,
- respectively.
+ respectively. The value is the number of detents moved on the wheel, the
+ physical size of which varies by device. For high-resolution wheels
+ this may be an approximation based on the high-resolution scroll events,
+ see REL_WHEEL_HI_RES. These event codes are legacy codes and
+ REL_WHEEL_HI_RES and REL_HWHEEL_HI_RES should be preferred where
+ available.
+
+* REL_WHEEL_HI_RES, REL_HWHEEL_HI_RES:
+
+ - High-resolution scroll wheel data. The accumulated value 120 represents
+ movement by one detent. For devices that do not provide high-resolution
+ scrolling, the value is always a multiple of 120. For devices with
+ high-resolution scrolling, the value may be a fraction of 120.
+
+ If a vertical scroll wheel supports high-resolution scrolling, this code
+ will be emitted in addition to REL_WHEEL or REL_HWHEEL. The REL_WHEEL
+ and REL_HWHEEL may be an approximation based on the high-resolution
+ scroll events. There is no guarantee that the high-resolution data
+ is a multiple of 120 at the time of an emulated REL_WHEEL or REL_HWHEEL
+ event.
EV_ABS
------