On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 03:50:00PM +0100, Simon Richter wrote: > Hi, > > On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 06:10:59AM -0800, Greg KH wrote: > > > > > > - Invent a new quirk that prevents the device from being connected to > > > > > anything but hidraw. > > > > > If you really want to send HID commands to it. Does it accept them? > > > > Odds are, it doesn't. > > > > I have a working protocol implementation on top of hidraw. > > > Then hey, you answered your own question :) > > Not quite. The protocol works, but the input layer still interprets the > data coming from the device, which results in spurious keyboard input > and/or the computer going to sleep or shutting down (because the HID > spec has "sleep" and "power" buttons defined). > > If I was to add the IGNORE quirk, then I'd not get the hidraw device > anymore, so I'd have to move my protocol stack over to libusb; if I were > to create a new quirk, then I'd have to get that accepted into the > kernel to get it somewhat futureproof. Adding new quirks to the kernel is pretty trivial, I suggest doing that. thanks, greg k-h -- 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
