From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753383Ab1HAQo1 (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Aug 2011 12:44:27 -0400 Received: from mail-wy0-f174.google.com ([74.125.82.174]:55045 "EHLO mail-wy0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753281Ab1HAQoV (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Aug 2011 12:44:21 -0400 Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2011 17:44:18 +0100 From: Grant Likely To: Dmitry Torokhov Cc: Fabien Marteau , Peter Korsgaard , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-input@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] input: Add Nintendo extension controller driver Message-ID: <20110801164418.GA5306@ponder.secretlab.ca> References: <20110527081251.3992.27574.stgit@ponder> <20110801163823.GA3905@core.coreip.homeip.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20110801163823.GA3905@core.coreip.homeip.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Aug 01, 2011 at 09:38:24AM -0700, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > Hi Grant, > > On Mon, Aug 01, 2011 at 05:04:37PM +0100, Grant Likely wrote: > > Hi Dmitry, > > > > Any thoughts on this patch? Can you send it on to Linus? > > > > I thought I responded earlier but apparently not... > > The issue with the driver is that it pre-registers an input device with > a super-set of capabilities instead of waiting until the device is > properly identified and registering input device with the exact > capabilities. > > The input policy is that device's stated capabilities should match the > physical device (within the constraints of input framework). Okay, that's solvable. I'll rework and repost with a goal to merge in v3.2 g.