diff --git a/crates/punktfunk-host/src/inject.rs b/crates/punktfunk-host/src/inject.rs
index 5a8befbb..4f29fadc 100644
--- a/crates/punktfunk-host/src/inject.rs
+++ b/crates/punktfunk-host/src/inject.rs
@@ -506,8 +506,9 @@ pub mod gamepad;
 #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
 #[path = "inject/windows/gamepad_raii.rs"]
 mod gamepad_raii;
-/// Shared virtual-pad creation-retry policy ([`pad_gate::PadGate`]) used by every backend manager on
-/// both platforms — replaces the per-backend permanent `broken` latch with capped-backoff retry.
+/// Shared virtual-pad creation-retry policy ([`pad_gate::PadGate`]), driven by [`pad_slots`] for
+/// every backend manager — replaces the per-backend permanent `broken` latch with capped-backoff
+/// retry.
 #[cfg(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "windows"))]
 #[path = "inject/pad_gate.rs"]
 pub mod pad_gate;
@@ -517,12 +518,6 @@ pub mod pad_gate;
 #[cfg(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "windows"))]
 #[path = "inject/pad_slots.rs"]
 pub mod pad_slots;
-/// The generic stateful virtual-pad manager ([`uhid_manager::UhidManager`]) — event routing, frame
-/// merge, heartbeat, and feedback pump shared by the five UHID/UMDF backends; each supplies only
-/// its per-controller protocol via [`uhid_manager::PadProto`] (G12).
-#[cfg(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "windows"))]
-#[path = "inject/uhid_manager.rs"]
-pub mod uhid_manager;
 /// Linux: virtual Steam Deck via UHID — the kernel `hid-steam` driver binds it as a real Deck.
 #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
 #[path = "inject/linux/steam_controller.rs"]
@@ -550,6 +545,12 @@ pub mod steam_remap;
 #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
 #[path = "inject/linux/steam_usbip.rs"]
 pub mod steam_usbip;
+/// The generic stateful virtual-pad manager ([`uhid_manager::UhidManager`]) — event routing, frame
+/// merge, heartbeat, and feedback pump shared by the five UHID/UMDF backends; each supplies only
+/// its per-controller protocol via [`uhid_manager::PadProto`] (G12).
+#[cfg(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "windows"))]
+#[path = "inject/uhid_manager.rs"]
+pub mod uhid_manager;
 /// Stub — virtual gamepads need Linux uinput or the Windows UMDF drivers; events are dropped elsewhere.
 #[cfg(not(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "windows")))]
 pub mod gamepad {
diff --git a/crates/punktfunk-host/src/inject/proto/dualshock4_proto.rs b/crates/punktfunk-host/src/inject/proto/dualshock4_proto.rs
index 9bcae868..152e98e8 100644
--- a/crates/punktfunk-host/src/inject/proto/dualshock4_proto.rs
+++ b/crates/punktfunk-host/src/inject/proto/dualshock4_proto.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 //! dualshock4_input_report_usb` / `_output_report_common` parse.
 
 use super::dualsense_proto::{DsState, Touch};
-use punktfunk_core::quic::HidOutput;
 
 /// DualShock 4 v2 USB identity (Sony Interactive Entertainment / CUH-ZCT2).
 pub const DS4_VENDOR: u16 = 0x054C;
@@ -73,11 +72,10 @@ pub fn serialize_state(r: &mut [u8; DS4_INPUT_REPORT_LEN], st: &DsState, counter
 }
 
 /// What one feedback pass extracted from the device's HID output reports. Rumble rides the universal
-/// 0xCA plane; the lightbar rides the HID-output 0xCD plane (DS4 has no player LEDs or adaptive
-/// triggers, so those never appear).
+/// 0xCA plane; the lightbar rides the HID-output 0xCD plane as a `Led` event (DS4 has no player LEDs
+/// or adaptive triggers, so those never appear).
 #[derive(Default)]
 pub struct Ds4Feedback {
-    pub hidout: Vec<HidOutput>,
     /// `(low, high)` motor levels (0..=0xFF00), if a report carried them.
     pub rumble: Option<(u16, u16)>,
     /// Lightbar RGB, if the report carried it (deduped by the manager).