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Date:	Tue, 23 Jan 2007 13:57:11 +0100
From:	Rolf Offermanns <roffermanns@...il.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject:  Re: How to use an usb interface than is claimed by HID?

Ivan Ukhov wrote:

>> .. which wouldn't help you either, supposing that you don't want to touch
>> the kernel sources at all, because this function is unexported and
>> static.
>>
>> So I think that there is no straightforward way, sorry.
>>
>> Is this a device that doesn't exist anywhere else than on your table? I
>> still think that putting the code in kernel (if possible) and
>> blacklisting the device on the hid_blacklist[] is the simplest way.
>>
>> The other possibility is writing the driver completely in userspace,
>> using libhid/hiddev. Would that suit your needs?
> 
> I'm afraid it wouldn't.
> 
> Thank you very much.
> 
There is another way. Have a look at this article:
http://lwn.net/Articles/143397/

Maybe this is an option for you.

-Rolf
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