Op dinsdag 2 juni 2009 11:55:51 schreef Jiri Kosina: > This is almost certainly because of this commit: > > commit d1d3a5f6eaee337d793ab9ac28e696f0262c3c8a > Author: Remi Cattiau <remi@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Tue Sep 9 01:39:33 2008 +0200 > > HID: ignore iBuddy devices > > iBuddy devices claim to be HID devices, but they are not. > Add them to the blacklist. > > Signed-off-by: Remi Cattiau <remi@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@xxxxxxx> > > The problem apparently [1] is, that the vendor has been super-creative and > assigned the same combination of idVendor/idProduct to completely > different devices. Oh well. > > Remi, could you please check your device against the lsusb data provided > in bugzilla to check whether there is any possibility to distinguish these > devices, so that we could put some ugly check in place probably? > > Thanks. > > [1] http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/2/10/434 > Hi all, A belated thanks for having pointed me into the right direction to get my barcodescanner operational. However, as a thought since the bug is still present, why not solve it with something as simple as making the blacklisting user-configurable instead of blacklisting valid HID devices on purpose? As an example of what I mean: diff -urNb drivers/hid/hid-core.c drivers/hid/hid-core.c --- drivers/hid/hid-core.c 2009-10-17 22:22:12.589447000 +0200 +++ drivers/hid/hid-core.c 2009-10-17 23:01:38.130911398 +0200 @@ -1627,7 +1627,9 @@ { HID_USB_DEVICE(USB_VENDOR_ID_SOUNDGRAPH, USB_DEVICE_ID_SOUNDGRAPH_IMON_LCD3) }, { HID_USB_DEVICE(USB_VENDOR_ID_SOUNDGRAPH, USB_DEVICE_ID_SOUNDGRAPH_IMON_LCD4) }, { HID_USB_DEVICE(USB_VENDOR_ID_SOUNDGRAPH, USB_DEVICE_ID_SOUNDGRAPH_IMON_LCD5) }, +#if defined(CONFIG_HID_BLACKLIST_TENX_IBUDDY) { HID_USB_DEVICE(USB_VENDOR_ID_TENX, USB_DEVICE_ID_TENX_IBUDDY1) }, { HID_USB_DEVICE(USB_VENDOR_ID_TENX, USB_DEVICE_ID_TENX_IBUDDY2) }, +#endif { HID_USB_DEVICE(USB_VENDOR_ID_VERNIER, USB_DEVICE_ID_VERNIER_LABPRO) }, { HID_USB_DEVICE(USB_VENDOR_ID_VERNIER, USB_DEVICE_ID_VERNIER_GOTEMP) }, diff -urNb drivers/hid/Kconfig drivers/hid/Kconfig --- drivers/hid/Kconfig 2009-09-10 00:13:59.000000000 +0200 +++ drivers/hid/Kconfig 2009-10-17 23:04:23.538908607 +0200 @@ -31,6 +31,24 @@ If unsure, say Y. +config HID_BLACKLIST_TENX_IBUDDY + bool "Blacklist i-Buddy devices" + depends on HID + default n + ---help--- + Barcode scanners using idVendor 1130 and idProduct 0001 were blacklisted + at the HID core level per September 9, 01:39:33, 2008. This because + i-Buddy devices claim to be HID devices, while not being so. + Unfortunately, the vendor has been super-creative and assigned the same + combination of idVendor/idProduct to completely different devices. Therefore, + blacklisting the i-Buddy as a HID device also blacklists several brands of + barcode scanners. Since blacklisting the i-Buddy by default will mean + blacklisting valid HID devices as well, it is now a configurable option. + + If unsure, say N. + Unless of course you own an i-Buddy, say Y. + + config HID_DEBUG bool "HID debugging support" default y Just my two cents for getting a working solution. :) Tnx, Regards, Guido -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
