linux-kernel - Re: usbhid: Changes since 2.6.28 in quirk handling?

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Date:	Wed, 18 Mar 2009 10:29:07 -0400
From:	Bill Gribble <grib@...lgribble.com>
To:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: usbhid:  Changes since 2.6.28 in quirk handling?

On Wed, 2009-03-18 at 15:14 +0100, Jiri Kosina wrote:
> we have drivers (and even whole architectures) supported by the kernel, 
> which have less than 5 users in the world, that's not a big deal.

Great to hear that!  I will try to clean up my patches according to the
guidelines and send them in.  

> Looking at your patch, the only thing you need is sending a special URB to 
> the device in order to make it operational, right?

That's right. 

> Please look at hid-sony driver, which does exactly that for some of the 
> PS3 devices.
> 
> You then only need to add your device to hid_blacklist[], so that generic 
> driver doesn't get bound to it and it'd be driven by your special driver.

OK, thanks for the advice.  I will do that. 

Bill Gribble

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