From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932282AbcIBO7S (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Sep 2016 10:59:18 -0400 Received: from host18.canaca.com ([66.49.204.205]:48704 "EHLO host18.canaca.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932111AbcIBO7R (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Sep 2016 10:59:17 -0400 Message-ID: <604ed54f1e9e0262501a8fb53a41bcb9.squirrel@mungewell.org> In-Reply-To: References: <8d56b91cd89e3da158940e53db67b993.squirrel@mungewell.org> Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2016 08:59:12 -0600 Subject: Re: RFC: Backport HID-logitech to 3.10? From: "Simon Wood" To: "Benjamin Tissoires" Cc: "Simon Wood" , "linux-input" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.5.2 [SVN] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-OutGoing-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - host18.canaca.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - mungewell.org X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: host18.canaca.com: authenticated_id: simon@mungewell.org X-Authenticated-Sender: host18.canaca.com: simon@mungewell.org X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-From-Rewrite: unmodified, already matched Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, September 2, 2016 3:32 am, Benjamin Tissoires wrote: > On Thu, Sep 1, 2016 at 2:56 AM, Simon Wood wrote: >> After copying the HEAD 'hid-lg.[ch]' and 'hid-lg4ff.[ch]' from 4.7, >> there is a minimal patch (example attached) required to get the build >> working. > > Don't you need hid-logitech-hidpp too? Hi Benjamin, Nope, the 'hid-logitech-hidpp.ko' driver is separate and (for wheels) only has support for the G920 wheel. Other Logitech wheels are handled by 'hid-logitech.ko'. > Not sure I understand exactly what you want from us here. A puppy. ;-) > The stable rules are detailed in > Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt. And unfortunately, I don't > think adding these patches will be acceptable for upstream 3.10. After reading through these I would agree with you, that this is a nice-to-have not a need-to-have. So, the patch is here if anyone wants to use it personally or for a distribution. Thank you for your comments, Simon.