linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH 1/2] HID: autodetect USB HID sensor hubs.

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Date:	Wed, 12 Dec 2012 15:37:48 +0000
From:	"Pandruvada, Srinivas" <srinivas.pandruvada@...el.com>
To:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>,
	Alexander Holler <holler@...oftware.de>
CC:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-input@...r.kernel.org" <linux-input@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-iio@...r.kernel.org" <linux-iio@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jonathan Cameron <jic23@....ac.uk>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 1/2] HID: autodetect USB HID sensor hubs.

I also liked it. You can add my ACK.

Thanks,
Srinivas

-----Original Message-----
From: Jiri Kosina [mailto:jkosina@...e.cz] 
Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2012 1:43 AM
To: Alexander Holler
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org; linux-input@...r.kernel.org; linux-iio@...r.kernel.org; Jonathan Cameron; Pandruvada, Srinivas
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] HID: autodetect USB HID sensor hubs.

On Sun, 9 Dec 2012, Alexander Holler wrote:

> It should not be necessary to add IDs for HID sensor hubs to lists in 
> hid-core.c and hid-sensor-hub.c. So instead of a whitelist, autodetect 
> such USB HID sensor hubs, based on a collection of type physical 
> inside a useage page of type sensor. If some sensor hubs stil must be 
> usable as raw devices, a blacklist might be created.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Holler <holler@...oftware.de>

I like this change and would like to merge it, but I'd appreciate Ack from Srinivas first.

Srinivas?

Thanks,

--
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs
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