Re: [PATCH 1/1] HID: add have_special_driver hid module parameter

[Nikolai Kondrashov <spbnick@gmail.com>]

Hi David,

On 03/31/2012 02:03 AM, David Herrmann wrote:
> Rebinding works perfectly well for me. I use it all the time when
> testing HID drivers.

Thank you.

I've tried it, but it doesn't work for me, because HID report descriptors
are not re-parsed after rebinding and I rely on report_fixup's a lot. Please
see my reply to Jiri for slightly more details:
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.input/23708/focus=24337

> Furthermore, there is a dynid-implementation in the kernel so when hacking
> on something like this I'd recommend using this. It would also remove the
> hard limit that you currently have.

Thanks, but this doesn't suit me currently. I don't implement report parsing
in my drivers, but rather describe every device protocol separately with a
report descriptor and rely on the generic driver for parsing. Thus, I save
in code complexity and maintenance, but loose in portability.

However, I plan to make a non-HID driver for Waltop tablets, using their
proprietary, HID-incompatible protocol and there I will probably use that.

Sincerely,
Nick