linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] HID for 4.11

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Message-ID: <20170301175813.GC30349@dtor-ws>
Date:   Wed, 1 Mar 2017 09:58:13 -0800
From:   Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@...hat.com>,
        Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@...-t.net>,
        Andrew Duggan <aduggan@...aptics.com>,
        Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] HID for 4.11

On Wed, Mar 01, 2017 at 09:54:07AM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 1, 2017 at 1:03 AM, Benjamin Tissoires
> <benjamin.tissoires@...hat.com> wrote:
> >
> > As Peter mentioned in the bug, there is a missing property on the kernel
> > node (INPUT_PROP_BUTTONPAD).
> >
> > The thing is this property is solely driven in the current driver by the
> > provided platform_data, so there is no way we ever set it through
> > hid-rmi. I wonder how we missed that.
> >
> > Anyway, the good news is that the evemu record shows only one exportted
> > button, so we can infer the property quite easily in the module. Would
> > something like that work for you?
> >
> > From: Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@...hat.com>
> > Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2017 09:57:00 +0100
> > Subject: [PATCH] Input: rmi4 - f30: detect INPUT_PROP_BUTTONPAD from the button count
> 
> Yes, this fixes the problem for me. My click-and-drag works again, so
> you can add a
> 
>   Reported-and-tested-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
> 
> I see that Dmitry doesn't love the patch, but I'm assuming I'll get
> that or something equivalent soon. In the meantime, I'll just keep it
> on my laptop as a workaround.

Given that it does work for you just apply it. The objections I raised
was more of a bikeshedding.

Thanks.

-- 
Dmitry