Re: [PATCH] HID: rmi: fallback to generic/multitouch if hid-rmi is not built (was Re: [GIT PULL] HID for 4.11)

[Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@redhat.com>]

On Feb 21 2017 or thereabouts, Jiri Kosina wrote:
> On Mon, 20 Feb 2017, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 
> > > I'll have a more specific commit (or range) soon.
> > 
> > Hmm. It's commit 279967a65b32 ("HID: rmi: Handle all Synaptics
> > touchpads using hid-rmi").
> > 
> > And the reason seems to be stupid: I don't have RMI enabled at all,
> > because that didn't use to work or make a difference.
> > 
> > Maybe that "let's use RMI" code should depend on RMI actually being
> > enabled? Because as-is, that code now breaks existing configurations.
> 
> I agree; that's in line with what we usually try to stick to (force 
> specific drivers if the device doesn't work with the generic at all and 
> switch over to generic in compile-time for devices that have limited 
> functionality with the generic driver).
> 
> Andrew, Benjamin, how about the patch below?
> 

Hi,

Sorry, I am on PTO for the rest of the week with limited internet
access.

Acked-by: Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@redhat.com>

Sorry for the waste of time :(

Cheers,
Benjamin

> 
> 
> 
> From: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
> Subject: [PATCH] HID: rmi: fallback to generic/multitouch if hid-rmi is not built
> 
> Commit 279967a65b32 ("HID: rmi: Handle all Synaptics touchpads using hid-rmi")
> unconditionally switches over handling of all Synaptics touchpads to hid-rmi
> (to make use of extended features of the HW); in case CONFIG_HID_RMI is
> disabled though this renders the touchpad unusable, as the
> 
> 	HID_DEVICE(HID_BUS_ANY, HID_GROUP_RMI, HID_ANY_ID, HID_ANY_ID)
> 
> match doesn't exist and generic/multitouch doesn't bind to it either (due
> to hid group mismatch).
> 
> Fix this by switching over to hid-rmi only if it has been actually built.
> 
> Fixes: 279967a65b32 ("HID: rmi: Handle all Synaptics touchpads using hid-rmi")
> Reported-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
> ---
>  drivers/hid/hid-core.c | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-core.c b/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
> index 538ff697a4cf..e9e87d337446 100644
> --- a/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
> +++ b/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
> @@ -827,7 +827,8 @@ static int hid_scan_report(struct hid_device *hid)
>  				 * hid-rmi should take care of them,
>  				 * not hid-generic
>  				 */
> -				hid->group = HID_GROUP_RMI;
> +				if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_HID_RMI))
> +					hid->group = HID_GROUP_RMI;
>  		break;
>  	}
>  
> 
> -- 
> Jiri Kosina
> SUSE Labs
>