Re: APC USB ups, Back-UPS ES series, 2.5.68

[Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>]

On Mon, May 05, 2003 at 09:42:37PM -0400, David Ford wrote:
> I haven't had time to look at it and try to debug it.  The 96 v.s. 192 
> minor look like it's exactly 128 too high.  Perhaps it's a simple fix?

Can you try this patch and let me know if it works or not?

thanks,

greg k-h


--- a/drivers/usb/input/hiddev.c	Sun May  4 23:49:54 2003
+++ b/drivers/usb/input/hiddev.c	Mon May  5 21:23:42 2003
@@ -714,9 +714,9 @@
 	hiddev->hid = hid;
 	hiddev->exist = 1;
 
-	sprintf(devfs_name, "usb/hid/hiddev%d", minor);
+	sprintf(devfs_name, "usb/hid/hiddev%d", minor - HIDDEV_MINOR_BASE);
 	devfs_register(NULL, devfs_name, 0,
-		USB_MAJOR, minor + HIDDEV_MINOR_BASE,
+		USB_MAJOR, minor,
 		S_IFCHR | S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, &hiddev_fops, NULL);
 	hid->minor = minor;
 	hid->hiddev = hiddev;