linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] HID: rmi: Scan the report descriptor to determine if the device is suitable for the hid-rmi driver

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Date:	Wed, 17 Dec 2014 09:14:14 +0100 (CET)
From:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
To:	Andrew Duggan <aduggan@...aptics.com>
cc:	linux-input@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] HID: rmi: Scan the report descriptor to determine if
 the device is suitable for the hid-rmi driver

On Fri, 12 Dec 2014, Andrew Duggan wrote:

> On composite HID devices there may be multiple HID devices on separate
> interfaces, but hid-rmi should only bind to the touchpad. The previous version
> simply checked that the interface protocol was set to mouse. Unfortuately, it
> is not always the case that the touchpad has the mouse interface protocol set.
> This patch takes a different approach and scans the report descriptor looking
> for the Generic Desktop Pointer usage and the Vendor Specific Top Level
> Collection needed by the hid-rmi driver to interface with the device.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Duggan <aduggan@...aptics.com>
> Reviewed-by: Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@...hat.com>
> ---
> Here is the v3 version with Benjamin's comments addressed. I also updated it to
> apply to the version of hid-core.c in for-3.19/hid-rmi.

Applied to for-3.20/rmi. Thanks,

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs
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