linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] hid: wellspring device quirks

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Date:	Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:54:16 -0400
From:	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
To:	Henrik Rydberg <rydberg@...omail.se>
Cc:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>, linux-input@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, robfitz@...k.net, akpm@...l.org,
	Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@...e.cz>, dmonakhov@...nvz.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] hid: wellspring device quirks

On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 03:31:42PM +0200, Henrik Rydberg wrote:
> Jiri Kosina wrote:
> > On Sun, 13 Jul 2008, Henrik Rydberg wrote:
> > 
> >> This patch adds the HID_QUIRK_IGNORE_MOUSE quirk for the Apple USB
> >> multitouch devices based on BCM5974, aka Wellspring. These devices
> >> will instead be picked up by the new bcm5974 driver.
> > 
> > Hi Henrik,
> > 
> > is the mouse not working at all with standard HID driver?
> > 
> 
> Yes, it is working out-of-the-box, only poorly.
> 
> > I'd prefer to postpone merging this patch until bcm5974 hits mainline if
> > the device works in a limited way with standard HID driver, so that we
> > don't introduce regression.
> > 
> 
> Absolutely, this patch should be applied together with the bcm5974 driver,
> or not be applied. The driver patch is here:
> 
> http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/input-bcm5974-055-smoother-motion-irq-simplification.patch
> 
> > If the device doesn't work with HID driver at all though, it is probably
> > perfectly fine to merge it right away. Please let me know, I have no
> > knowledge about this particular device.
> 
> It is fine to leave it, but I would of course prefer to have the driver included together with this patch.

Jiri,

Should I take the quirks patch through my tree when I'm ready to apply
bcm5974?

-- 
Dmitry
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