Re: [PATCH 1/1] HID: Fix missing Unifying device issue

Jiri Kosina
2012-09-22T07:50:35Z

On Fri, 21 Sep 2012, Nestor Lopez Casado wrote:

> This patch fixes an issue introduced after commit 4ea5454203d991ec
>
> After that commit, hid-core silently discards any incoming packet
> that arrives while any hid driver's probe function is being executed.
>
> This broke the enumeration process of hid-logitech-dj, that must
> receive control packets in-band with the mouse and keyboard
> packets. Discarding mouse or keyboard data at the very begining is
> usually fine, but it is not the case for control packets.
>
> This patch forces a re-enumeration of the paired devices when a packet
> arrives that comes from an unknown device.
>
> Based on a patch originally written by Benjamin Tissoires.
>
> Signed-off-by: Nestor Lopez Casado <nlopezcasad@logitech.com>

I am now applying it, will be pushing to Linus very soon, and am also
marking it for stable 3.2+

Thanks to everyone involved.

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Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs