Hi Folks,

is there any reason why this patch is not yet submitted to Marcelo and
Linus? It is needed for switching a Logitech HID/Bluetooth dongle from
HID into HCI mode.

Regards

Marcel

> I've brought this up before and now that 2.6.0 is released, I'll bring it 
> up again.
> Can we get the HID layer to support duplicating the last usage for 
> controls w/o a explicitly specified usage.
> Not having this breaks some devices, most notably Phidget controllers.
> 
> I've been using this simple 2 line patch to make them work (though I'm 
> sure it breaks other devices)
> It is against 2.4.22 directly, but applies to 2.6.0-test10 (haven't tried 
> against 2.6.0)
> 
> Please CC me for I am not subscribed.
> 
> -- James Lamanna
> 
> 
> diff -dur linux-2.4.22/drivers/usb/hid-core.c 
> linux-2.4.22-phid/drivers/usb/hid-core.c
> --- linux-2.4.22/drivers/usb/hid-core.c2003-08-25 04:44:42.000000000 -0700
> +++ linux-2.4.22-phid/drivers/usb/hid-core.c2003-11-21 08:38:52.000000000 
> -0800
> @@ -242,6 +242,8 @@
> 
>       offset = report->size;
>       report->size += parser->global.report_size * parser->global.report_count;
>       +if (usages < parser->global.report_count)
>               +usages = parser->global.report_count;
> 
>       if (usages == 0)
>               return 0; /* ignore padding fields */
> 




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