linux-stable/include
Benjamin Tissoires e04a0442d3 HID: core: remove the absolute need of hid_have_special_driver[]
Most HID devices behave properly when they are used with hid-generic.
Since kernel v4.12, we do not poll for input reports at plug in, so
hid-generic should behave properly with all HID devices.

There has been a long standing list of HID devices that have a special
driver. It used to be just a few, but with time, this list went too big,
and we can not ask users to know which HID special driver will pick up
their device.

We can teach hid-generic to be nice with others. If a device is not
explicitly marked with HID_QUIRK_HAVE_SPECIAL_DRIVER, we can allow
hid-generic to pick up the device as long as no other loaded HID driver
will match the device.

When the special driver appears, hid-generic can step back and let
the special driver handling the device. In case this special driver
is removed, this good old pal of hid-generic will rebind to the device.

This basically makes the list hid_have_special_driver[] useless. It
still allows to not see a hid-generic driver bound and removed during
boot, so we can keep it around.

This will also help other people to have a special HID driver without
the need of recompiling hid-core.

Signed-off-by: Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
2017-11-21 11:14:48 +01:00
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acpi TTY/Serial patches for 4.15-rc1 2017-11-13 21:05:31 -08:00
asm-generic Merge branch 'x86-asm-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2017-11-13 14:13:48 -08:00
clocksource License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
crypto Merge branch 'linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6 2017-11-14 10:52:09 -08:00
drm Merge remote-tracking branches 'asoc/topic/ac97', 'asoc/topic/ac97-mfd', 'asoc/topic/amd' and 'asoc/topic/arizona-mfd' into asoc-next 2017-11-10 21:31:02 +00:00
dt-bindings This is the bulk of GPIO changes for the v4.15 kernel cycle: 2017-11-14 17:23:44 -08:00
keys License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
kvm
linux HID: core: remove the absolute need of hid_have_special_driver[] 2017-11-21 11:14:48 +01:00
math-emu
media License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
memory
misc
net Merge branch 'locking-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2017-11-13 12:38:26 -08:00
pcmcia
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rdma License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
scsi SCSI misc on 20171114 2017-11-14 16:23:44 -08:00
soc
sound ASoC: Updates for v4.15 2017-11-13 15:45:57 +01:00
target A couple of configfs cleanups: 2017-11-14 14:44:04 -08:00
trace Merge branch 'for-4.15/block' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block 2017-11-14 15:32:19 -08:00
uapi Merge branch 'for-linus' of ssh://gitolite.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/hid 2017-11-15 09:43:57 -08:00
video License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
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