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Re: [PATCH] HID: use generic driver for ThingM blink(1) if !CONFIG_HID_THINGM

From	Reilly Grant <reillyg@chromium.org>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH] HID: use generic driver for ThingM blink(1) if !CONFIG_HID_THINGM
Date	2015-08-03 19:00 +0200
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If the software is using usbdevice_fs, no, it can simply detach the
kernel driver. If the software is using hidraw then this blacklist
becomes the issue because even if you unload the special driver the
generic HID driver won't load. Is there a mechanism in the HID
subsystem for drivers to build on top of the generic one instead of
replacing it?

On Mon, Aug 3, 2015, 2:25 AM Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.com> wrote:
>
> On Sun, 2 Aug 2015, Reilly Grant wrote:
>
> > There is existing user space software (not just mine, also from the
> > manufacturer) that does not use the special driver and instead uses hidraw
> > or usbdevice_fs to control the device. LED class driver support for this
> > device is useful but should be optional.
>
> Is there any problem for the userspace software to unbind the kernel
> driver first?
>
> --
> Jiri Kosina
> SUSE Labs
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Re: [PATCH] HID: use generic driver for ThingM blink(1) if  !CONFIG_HID_THINGM Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> - 2015-08-02 09:20 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] HID: use generic driver for ThingM blink(1) if  !CONFIG_HID_THINGM Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.com> - 2015-08-03 11:30 +0200
    Re: [PATCH] HID: use generic driver for ThingM blink(1) if !CONFIG_HID_THINGM Reilly Grant <reillyg@chromium.org> - 2015-08-03 19:00 +0200

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