On Thu, 18 Oct 2012, Benjamin Tissoires wrote: > Hi Guys, > > Commit 4fe9f8e203fdad1524c04beb390f3c6099781ed9 upstream > Commit 57a38d925e665fcd729cd9ad4a75c84e11bd95c9 linux-stable > > This commit "HID: hidraw: don't deallocate memory when it is in use" > prevents users to rmmod then insmod any hid special driver without > either physically unplugging the device or without rmmod-ing the hid > bus itself. > > When the user does a rmmod, hidinput_disconnect is called before > hidraw_disconnect, thus, the hidraw device is still there, but the > input one not. It leads to the fact that the device is not working > anymore even if you call modprobe. Hmm, I am not sure I understand this explanation, could you please elaborate? Thanks, -- Jiri Kosina SUSE Labs -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-input" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
