linux-kernel - Xorg doesn't find input devices with "Input: allow matching device IDs on property bits" applied

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Date:   Mon, 23 Oct 2017 06:02:06 +1030
From:   Arthur Marsh <arthur.marsh@...ernode.on.net>
To:     Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-input@...r.kernel.org,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Xorg doesn't find input devices with "Input: allow matching device
 IDs on property bits" applied

After a recent git pull and kernel build and reboot, Xorg could not find 
the input devices and I was left with unresponsive mouse and keyboard 
until I could remotely shut-down and boot into an earlier kernel.

With good kernels, Xorg.log showed evdev finding the mouse and keyboard.

Bisecting lead to this commit:

  git bisect good
8724ecb072293f109a6f5dc93be8a98bf61fe14f is the first bad commit
commit 8724ecb072293f109a6f5dc93be8a98bf61fe14f
Author: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
Date:   Mon Oct 9 12:01:14 2017 -0700

     Input: allow matching device IDs on property bits

     Let's allow matching input devices on their property bits, both 
in-kernel
     and when generating module aliases.

     Tested-by: Roderick Colenbrander <roderick.colenbrander@...y.com>
     Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>

:040000 040000 4192943bfd5affbe9e86c14efd690bda5c90bd82 
d30b9d9c3a7ed1a6078f56a3bec2a82e0ba09570 M      drivers
:040000 040000 d39ca313c8d6dc86ad1175bf9374c76d9c134e82 
8717e17cbb0556629dd8cf7a7c34694dd299925c M      include
:040000 040000 ba4684d3706ca73868f39e90f673e3926e23e3ba 
811ed0e561768778c86eefa4c5ea5f866a542156 M      scripts

I am happy to run further tests if needed.

Arthur.