This allows the transport layer (I have in mind hid-logitech-dj and uhid)
to set the group before it is added to the hid bus. This way, it can
bypass the hid_scan_report() call, and choose in advance which driver
will handle the newly created hid device.
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Tisssoires <benjamin.tissoires@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/hid/hid-core.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-core.c b/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
index 6cfecb8..f4323d2 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
@@ -2532,7 +2532,8 @@ int hid_add_device(struct hid_device *hdev)
* Scan generic devices for group information
*/
if (hid_ignore_special_drivers ||
- !hid_match_id(hdev, hid_have_special_driver)) {
+ (!hdev->group &&
+ !hid_match_id(hdev, hid_have_special_driver))) {
ret = hid_scan_report(hdev);
if (ret)
hid_warn(hdev, "bad device descriptor (%d)\n", ret);
--
2.1.0
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