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* [PATCH 0/1] Input: joydev blacklist feature
@ 2017-10-06  1:03 Roderick Colenbrander
  2017-10-06  1:03 ` [PATCH 1/1] Input: joydev - blacklist ds3/ds4/udraw motion sensors Roderick Colenbrander
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From: Roderick Colenbrander @ 2017-10-06  1:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-input
  Cc: Dmitry Torokhov, Benjamin Tissoires, Jiri Kosina,
	Roderick Colenbrander

From: Roderick Colenbrander <roderick.colenbrander@sony.com>

Hi,

The joydev changes introduced by this patch are the result of a discussion
on linux-input about handling of features in newer devices, which classic
joydev applications may not pick up and confuse. The original motivation
was dualshock 3 /4 and thq udraw devices, which expose motion sensors
on a subdevice. These got picked up by joydev and confused older applications
and users and has been a regression since 4.12.

The original patch proposed to filter out motion sensor capability from joydev,
but this was 'too wide' of a filter. Ultimately Dmitry suggested for joydev
to reject certain devices.

This patch introduces an initial blacklist mechanism for joydev. It is used
to filter out the motion sensor subdevice on dualshock 3 / 4 and thq udraw.

We hope this feature could still make it into 4.14 to minimize impact on our
users as this will be a long LTS release.

Thanks,
Roderick

Roderick Colenbrander (1):
  Input: joydev - blacklist ds3/ds4/udraw motion sensors

 drivers/input/joydev.c | 57 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 57 insertions(+)

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2.13.6


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