For devices with exotic HID report descriptors, it might be necessary to
make the HID core force the registration of an input device. Make that
possible by introducing a new quirk type.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Mack <daniel@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/hid/hid-core.c | 2 ++
include/linux/hid.h | 1 +
2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-core.c b/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
index aa0f7dc..5751db4 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
@@ -1157,6 +1157,8 @@ int hid_connect(struct hid_device *hdev, unsigned int connect_mask)
if (hdev->quirks & HID_QUIRK_HIDDEV_FORCE)
connect_mask |= (HID_CONNECT_HIDDEV_FORCE | HID_CONNECT_HIDDEV);
+ if (hdev->quirks & HID_QUIRK_HIDINPUT_FORCE)
+ connect_mask |= HID_CONNECT_HIDINPUT_FORCE;
if (hdev->bus != BUS_USB)
connect_mask &= ~HID_CONNECT_HIDDEV;
if (hid_hiddev(hdev))
diff --git a/include/linux/hid.h b/include/linux/hid.h
index 895001f..42a0f1d 100644
--- a/include/linux/hid.h
+++ b/include/linux/hid.h
@@ -311,6 +311,7 @@ struct hid_item {
#define HID_QUIRK_HIDDEV_FORCE 0x00000010
#define HID_QUIRK_BADPAD 0x00000020
#define HID_QUIRK_MULTI_INPUT 0x00000040
+#define HID_QUIRK_HIDINPUT_FORCE 0x00000080
#define HID_QUIRK_SKIP_OUTPUT_REPORTS 0x00010000
#define HID_QUIRK_FULLSPEED_INTERVAL 0x10000000
#define HID_QUIRK_NO_INIT_REPORTS 0x20000000
--
1.7.1
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