linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] hid: usbhid: add quirk for SB arena headset v2

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Message-ID: <alpine.LNX.2.00.1211052117210.24253@pobox.suse.cz>
Date:	Mon, 5 Nov 2012 21:18:16 +0100 (CET)
From:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
To:	Chris J Arges <chris.j.arges@...onical.com>
Cc:	linux-input@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] hid: usbhid: add quirk for SB arena headset v2

On Mon, 5 Nov 2012, Chris J Arges wrote:

> When an SB Arena USB headset is plugged in, it registers the volume
> keys on the headset as a keyboard and continually sends events causing
> issues with normal keyboard input. This quirk disables the volume keys.

I don't know how the device looks like, but wouldn't it make more sense to 
actually remap the bogus keys it's sending to produce KEY_VOLUMEUP and 
KEY_VOLUMEDOWN?

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs
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