linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Revert "HID: rmi: Handle all Synaptics touchpads using hid-rmi"

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Date:   Tue, 11 Apr 2017 11:31:49 +0200
From:   Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@...hat.com>
To:     Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>
Cc:     Gabriele Mazzotta <gabriele.mzt@...il.com>, aduggan@...aptics.com,
        Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
        Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@...-t.net>,
        Cameron Gutman <aicommander@...il.com>,
        Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@...mhuis.info>,
        Nick Dyer <nick@...anahar.org>,
        Christopher Heiny <cheiny@...aptics.com>,
        Jason Ekstrand <jason@...kstrand.net>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-input@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Revert "HID: rmi: Handle all Synaptics touchpads using
 hid-rmi"

On Apr 11 2017 or thereabouts, Jiri Kosina wrote:
> From: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
> 
> This reverts commit 279967a65b320d174a507498aea7d44db3fee7f4.
> 
> Multiple regressions [1] [2] [3] have been reported. The hid-rmi
> support would have to fixed and redone in 4.11+.
> 
> [1] http://lkml.kernel.org/r/b79b88c8-770a-13f6-5668-c3a94254e5e0@gmail.com
> [2] http://lkml.kernel.org/r/375e67b5-2cb8-3491-1d71-d8650d6e9451@gmail.com
> [3] https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=195287
> 
> Reported-by: Cameron Gutman <aicommander@...il.com>
> Reported-by: Gabriele Mazzotta <gabriele.mzt@...il.com>
> Reported-by: Lorenzo J. Lucchini <ljlbox@...cali.it>
> Reported-by: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@...mhuis.info>
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
> ---

Acked-by: Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@...hat.com>

Cheers,
Benjamin

>  drivers/hid/hid-core.c | 3 +--
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-core.c b/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
> index 86bbd8a1fd4a..d162f0dc76e3 100644
> --- a/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
> +++ b/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
> @@ -819,8 +819,7 @@ static int hid_scan_report(struct hid_device *hid)
>  		hid->group = HID_GROUP_WACOM;
>  		break;
>  	case USB_VENDOR_ID_SYNAPTICS:
> -		if (hid->group == HID_GROUP_GENERIC ||
> -		    hid->group == HID_GROUP_MULTITOUCH_WIN_8)
> +		if (hid->group == HID_GROUP_GENERIC)
>  			if ((parser->scan_flags & HID_SCAN_FLAG_VENDOR_SPECIFIC)
>  			    && (parser->scan_flags & HID_SCAN_FLAG_GD_POINTER))
>  				/*
> -- 
> Jiri Kosina
> SUSE Labs
>