Instead of using an ugly workaround to make hid_hw_start() correctly initialize the device, we now explicitely set HID_CLAIMED_OTHER before initializing the hid device. This tells the hid-core to accept the device even if no generic hid driver gets loaded.
Signed-off-by: David Herrmann <[email protected]> --- drivers/hid/hid-picolcd.c | 7 +++---- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-picolcd.c b/drivers/hid/hid-picolcd.c index 45c3433..36a11a8 100644 --- a/drivers/hid/hid-picolcd.c +++ b/drivers/hid/hid-picolcd.c @@ -2613,11 +2613,10 @@ static int picolcd_probe(struct hid_device *hdev, goto err_cleanup_data; } - /* We don't use hidinput but hid_hw_start() fails if nothing is - * claimed. So spoof claimed input. */ - hdev->claimed = HID_CLAIMED_INPUT; + /* Tell hid-core that we handle the device without the need of any + * generic hid-driver by setting the HID_CLAIMED_OTHER flag. */ + hdev->claimed |= HID_CLAIMED_OTHER; error = hid_hw_start(hdev, 0); - hdev->claimed = 0; if (error) { hid_err(hdev, "hardware start failed\n"); goto err_cleanup_data; -- 1.7.11.2 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-input" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
