Currently rmi_probe will return -EIO if the device doesn't report that it has F11. This would indicate that something happened and the device is in the bootloader. We can recover the device using a userspace firmware update tool, but it needs access to the device through the hidraw device file. If the probe returns -EIO the hidraw device won't be created. So instead of failing the probe, just print an error message, but leave the device accessible from userspace. Signed-off-by: Andrew Duggan <aduggan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/hid/hid-rmi.c | 13 +++++++++---- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-rmi.c b/drivers/hid/hid-rmi.c index 0dc2514..8389e81 100644 --- a/drivers/hid/hid-rmi.c +++ b/drivers/hid/hid-rmi.c @@ -909,10 +909,15 @@ static int rmi_probe(struct hid_device *hdev, const struct hid_device_id *id) return ret; } - if (!test_bit(RMI_STARTED, &data->flags)) { - hid_hw_stop(hdev); - return -EIO; - } + if (!test_bit(RMI_STARTED, &data->flags)) + /* + * The device maybe in the bootloader if rmi_input_configured + * failed to find F11 in the PDT. Print an error, but don't + * return an error from rmi_probe so that hidraw will be + * accessible from userspace. That way a userspace tool + * can be used to reload working firmware on the touchpad. + */ + hid_err(hdev, "Device failed to be properly configured\n"); return 0; } -- 1.9.1 -- 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