Re: [RFC ebeam PATCH v3 1/2] hid: Blacklist new eBeam classic device

Dmitry Torokhov
2012-08-06T22:08:04Z

On Monday, August 06, 2012 02:43:40 PM Greg KH wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 06, 2012 at 11:21:43PM +0200, Yann Cantin wrote:
> > Signed-off-by: Yann Cantin <yann.cantin@laposte.net>
> > ---
> >
> > drivers/hid/hid-core.c | 3 +++
> > drivers/hid/hid-ids.h | 3 +++
> > 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-core.c b/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
> > index 60ea284..b1ed8ee 100644
> > --- a/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
> > +++ b/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
> > @@ -1908,6 +1908,9 @@ static const struct hid_device_id hid_ignore_list[]
> > = {>
> > { HID_USB_DEVICE(USB_VENDOR_ID_DELORME, USB_DEVICE_ID_DELORME_EM_LT20)
> > },
> > { HID_USB_DEVICE(USB_VENDOR_ID_DREAM_CHEEKY, 0x0004) },
> > { HID_USB_DEVICE(USB_VENDOR_ID_DREAM_CHEEKY, 0x000a) },
> >
> > +#if defined(CONFIG_INPUT_EBEAM_USB)
> > + { HID_USB_DEVICE(USB_VENDOR_ID_EFI, USB_DEVICE_ID_EFI_CLASSIC) },
> > +#endif
>
> Why is this #if in here? Just always do it, how could it not be
> defined?

User might disable the driver and CONFIG_INPUT_EBEAM_USB will not be
set. But I agree, since the device is unusable with generic HID driver
there is no point in doing this conditionally.

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Dmitry