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From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:54:04 +0000
Subject: Re: bipassing USBHID driver with udev rule
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On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 12:30:28PM -0700, vijay manchala wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I need some understanding regarding usbHID driver 
> 
> I had  one device called  footpedal usb device,  when I connected that
> device to the HOST machine RHEL , default usbHID driver is detecting
> my footpedal  i,e  usbhid driver.
> 
> Actually
> I dont want usbHID driver to detect foot pedal device,  it would have
> been nice if there was just a nice simple way of stopping the kernel
> usbHID driver from getting in the way, I want this pedal detected by
> my own modified mouse driver.

Then just send a patch adding your device to the HID blacklist in the
driver.  That will keep it from being loaded.

good luck,

greg k-h