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From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: Jiri Kosina <jikos@kernel.org>
Cc: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
	Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>,
	Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@redhat.com>,
	Alan Cox <gnomes@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	USB list <linux-usb@vger.kernel.org>,
	"linux-input@vger.kernel.org" <linux-input@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Two regressions on BYT/T ASUS T100TA 4.12-rc: #2 Keyboard no longer works
Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2017 10:27:03 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170609082703.GA29271@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LSU.2.20.1706090959150.30709@cbobk.fhfr.pm>

On Fri, Jun 09, 2017 at 10:21:47AM +0200, Jiri Kosina wrote:
> Longer-term, we'd ideally make 'generic' driver special and let it attach 
> as a 'last resort driver' if none of the specific driver picked the device 
> up during probe. But I don't think our current driver model allows this 
> easily ... or is there way I am not seeing?

Nope, the driver model does not provide a way for this, sorry, it's been
a complaint from the very beginning that we don't really know how to
handle, except to make sure the order of the drivers loaded are the
priority list, and that's not really a solution at all.

thanks,

greg k-h

  reply	other threads:[~2017-06-09  8:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-06-07 15:27 Two regressions on BYT/T ASUS T100TA 4.12-rc: #2 Keyboard no longer works Alan Cox
2017-06-07 16:07 ` Greg KH
2017-06-07 18:21   ` Alan Cox
     [not found]     ` <20170607192158.1eb9db3a-qBU/x9rampVanCEyBjwyrvXRex20P6io@public.gmane.org>
2017-06-07 20:45       ` Alan Stern
2017-06-08 19:39         ` Alan Cox
     [not found]           ` <20170608203904.73abb5e1-qBU/x9rampVanCEyBjwyrvXRex20P6io@public.gmane.org>
2017-06-08 19:49             ` Alan Stern
2017-06-08 20:17               ` Linus Torvalds
2017-06-09  7:35                 ` Hans de Goede
2017-06-09  8:21                   ` Jiri Kosina
2017-06-09  8:27                     ` Greg KH [this message]
     [not found]                       ` <20170609082703.GA29271-U8xfFu+wG4EAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2017-06-09  8:52                         ` Bjørn Mork
2017-06-09  8:57                           ` Hans de Goede
2017-06-09  9:00                           ` Greg KH
2017-06-09  9:54                             ` Benjamin Tissoires
2017-06-09 10:41                             ` Bjørn Mork
     [not found]                               ` <87y3t1h290.fsf-3F4PFWf5pNjpjLOzFPqGjWGXanvQGlWp@public.gmane.org>
2017-06-09 10:54                                 ` Bjørn Mork
     [not found]                     ` <alpine.LSU.2.20.1706090959150.30709-YHPUNQjx9ReKbouaWp301Q@public.gmane.org>
2017-06-09 11:25                       ` [PATCH] HID: let generic driver yield control iff specific driver has been enabled (was Re: Two regressions on BYT/T ASUS T100TA 4.12-rc: #2 Keyboard no longer works) Jiri Kosina
2017-06-09 11:29                         ` Hans de Goede
2017-06-09 13:00                         ` Benjamin Tissoires
2017-06-09 13:15                           ` Hans de Goede
2017-06-09 14:29                         ` Hans de Goede
     [not found]                           ` <05b492e4-5b76-5665-18a8-4ceddb15d220-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2017-06-13 10:35                             ` Jiri Kosina
     [not found]                               ` <alpine.LSU.2.20.1706131134380.30709-YHPUNQjx9ReKbouaWp301Q@public.gmane.org>
2017-06-13 13:41                                 ` Benjamin Tissoires
     [not found]                                   ` <20170613134128.GE29589-/m+UfqrgI5QNLKR9yMNcA1aTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2017-06-13 14:02                                     ` Benjamin Tissoires
2017-06-13 14:54                                       ` Jiri Kosina
2017-06-15 10:46                                   ` Jiri Kosina
2017-06-15 14:45                                     ` Benjamin Tissoires
2017-06-14  8:24                                 ` [PATCH 0/3] Proposal for making hid_have_special_driver obsolete Benjamin Tissoires
     [not found]                                   ` <20170614082441.5270-1-benjamin.tissoires-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2017-06-14  8:24                                     ` [PATCH 1/3] HID: core: move the dynamic quirks handling in core Benjamin Tissoires
2017-06-14  9:58                                       ` Andy Shevchenko
2017-06-14 12:41                                         ` Benjamin Tissoires
     [not found]                                         ` <CAHp75VfGV2n8wXgL9i+45Sw7JmmKgiwpARi=+V5qeRZuzc+BtQ-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2017-06-14 12:44                                           ` [PATCH Resent " Benjamin Tissoires
2017-06-14  8:24                                     ` [PATCH 2/3] HID: quirks: move the list of special devices into a quirk Benjamin Tissoires
2017-06-14  8:24                                     ` [PATCH 3/3] HID: core: remove the absolute need of hid_have_special_driver[] Benjamin Tissoires
2017-06-14 10:07                                   ` [PATCH 0/3] Proposal for making hid_have_special_driver obsolete Bastien Nocera
2017-06-14 12:29                                     ` Benjamin Tissoires

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