On Wed, 26 Jul 2017, Benjamin Tissoires wrote: > On Jul 24 2017 or thereabouts, Jason Gerecke wrote: > > The 'wacom_update_name' function is responsible for producing names for > > the input device nodes based on the hardware device name. Commit f2209d4 > > added the ability to strip off prefixes like "Wacom Co.,Ltd." where the > > prefix was immediately (and redundantly) followed by "Wacom". The > > 2nd-generation Intuos Pro 2 has such a prefix, but with a small error > > (the period and comma are swapped) that prevents the existing code from > > matching it. We're loath to extend the number of cases out endlessly and > > so instead try to be smarter about name generation. > > > > We observe that the cause of the redundant prefixes is HID combining the > > manufacturer and product strings of USB devices together. By using the > > original product name (with "Wacom" prefixed, if it does not already > > exist in the string) we can bypass the gyrations to find and remove > > redundant prefixes. Other devices either don't have a manufacturer string > > that needs to be removed (Bluetooth, uhid) or should have their name > > generated from scratch (I2C). > > > > Signed-off-by: Jason Gerecke <jason.gerecke@xxxxxxxxx> > > --- > > For the series: > Acked-By: Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@xxxxxxxxxx> Now in for-4.14/wacom. 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
