Hi Alan, > Considering all the discussion whirling around about HID changes, it > seemed like a good idea to let you know about some proposed patches coming > up. > > They are below. The first addresses a problem that Pete has mentioned in > the past: Some keyboards sometimes send more data than a single report in > a packet, leading to EOVERFLOW errors. The patch tries to fix things by > using a transfer length at least as large as the maxpacket size. I'm not > sure if this will fully fix the problem, though -- if the device actually > does stick more than one report in a single packet then the driver will > need to parse them all, and the patch doesn't try to do that. > > The second patch addresses a problem caused by some KVM switches: They > disrupt the data path between the host and the device (even when not > switched away). The patch adds a module parameter to usbhid, telling it > that a KVM is present so it should ignore certain types of errors. This > essentially restores the behavior we had back in 2.6.16.
both patches are quite simple. I think we should do the split first and then apply these two patches on top of it. Regards Marcel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ linux-usb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
