linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] HID: sony: do not bail out when the sixaxis refuses the output report

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Date:	Mon, 18 Jan 2016 23:11:07 +0100 (CET)
From:	Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>
To:	Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@...hat.com>
cc:	Lauri Kasanen <cand@....com>, linux-input@...r.kernel.org,
	Max Fedotov <thesourcehim@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] HID: sony: do not bail out when the sixaxis refuses the
 output report

On Fri, 8 Jan 2016, Benjamin Tissoires wrote:

> When setting the operational mode, some third party (Speedlink Strike-FX)
> gamepads refuse the output report. Failing here means we refuse to
> initialize the gamepad while this should be harmless.
> 
> The weird part is that the initial commit that added this: a7de9b8
> ("HID: sony: Enable Gasia third-party PS3 controllers") mentions this
> very same controller as one requiring this output report.
> Anyway, it's broken for one user at least, so let's change it.
> We will report an error, but at least the controller should work.
> 
> And no, these devices present themselves as legacy Sony controllers
> (VID:PID of 054C:0268, as in the official ones) so there are no ways
> of discriminating them from the official ones.
> 
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1255325
> 
> Reported-and-tested-by: Max Fedotov <thesourcehim@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@...hat.com>

Applied, thanks.

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs