For devices with exotic HID report descriptors, it might be necessary to make the HID core force the registration of an input device. Make that possible by introducing a new quirk type. Signed-off-by: Daniel Mack <daniel@xxxxxxxx> Cc: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@xxxxxxx> Cc: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/hid/hid-core.c | 2 ++ include/linux/hid.h | 1 + 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-core.c b/drivers/hid/hid-core.c index aa0f7dc..5751db4 100644 --- a/drivers/hid/hid-core.c +++ b/drivers/hid/hid-core.c @@ -1157,6 +1157,8 @@ int hid_connect(struct hid_device *hdev, unsigned int connect_mask) if (hdev->quirks & HID_QUIRK_HIDDEV_FORCE) connect_mask |= (HID_CONNECT_HIDDEV_FORCE | HID_CONNECT_HIDDEV); + if (hdev->quirks & HID_QUIRK_HIDINPUT_FORCE) + connect_mask |= HID_CONNECT_HIDINPUT_FORCE; if (hdev->bus != BUS_USB) connect_mask &= ~HID_CONNECT_HIDDEV; if (hid_hiddev(hdev)) diff --git a/include/linux/hid.h b/include/linux/hid.h index 895001f..42a0f1d 100644 --- a/include/linux/hid.h +++ b/include/linux/hid.h @@ -311,6 +311,7 @@ struct hid_item { #define HID_QUIRK_HIDDEV_FORCE 0x00000010 #define HID_QUIRK_BADPAD 0x00000020 #define HID_QUIRK_MULTI_INPUT 0x00000040 +#define HID_QUIRK_HIDINPUT_FORCE 0x00000080 #define HID_QUIRK_SKIP_OUTPUT_REPORTS 0x00010000 #define HID_QUIRK_FULLSPEED_INTERVAL 0x10000000 #define HID_QUIRK_NO_INIT_REPORTS 0x20000000 -- 1.7.1 -- 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