#include <linux/uinput.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <string.h>
void emit(int fd, int type, int code, int val)
{
struct input_event ie;
ie.type = type;
ie.code = code;
ie.value = val;
/* timestamp values below are ignored */
ie.time.tv_sec = 0;
ie.time.tv_usec = 0;
write(fd, &ie, sizeof(ie));
}
int main(void)
{
struct uinput_setup usetup;
int fd = open("/dev/uinput", O_WRONLY | O_NONBLOCK);
/*
* The ioctls below will enable the device that is about to be
* created, to pass key events, in this case the space key.
*/
ioctl(fd, UI_SET_EVBIT, EV_KEY);
ioctl(fd, UI_SET_KEYBIT, KEY_F11);
memset(&usetup, 0, sizeof(usetup));
usetup.id.bustype = BUS_USB;
usetup.id.vendor = 0x1234; /* sample vendor */
usetup.id.product = 0x5678; /* sample product */
strcpy(usetup.name, "Example device");
ioctl(fd, UI_DEV_SETUP, &usetup);
ioctl(fd, UI_DEV_CREATE);
/*
* On UI_DEV_CREATE the kernel will create the device node for this
* device. We are inserting a pause here so that userspace has time
* to detect, initialize the new device, and can start listening to
* the event, otherwise it will not notice the event we are about
* to send. This pause is only needed in our example code!
*/
sleep(1);
/* Key press, report the event, send key release, and report again */
emit(fd, EV_KEY, KEY_F11, 1);
emit(fd, EV_SYN, SYN_REPORT, 0);
emit(fd, EV_KEY, KEY_F11, 0);
emit(fd, EV_SYN, SYN_REPORT, 0);
/*
* Give userspace some time to read the events before we destroy the
* device with UI_DEV_DESTROY.
*/
sleep(1);
ioctl(fd, UI_DEV_DESTROY);
close(fd);
return 0;
}