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From: "Bjørn Mork" <bjorn@mork.no>
To: "Michal Malý" <madcatxster@devoid-pointer.net>
Cc: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, linux-usb@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com,
	jikos@kernel.org, elias.vds@gmail.com, edwin@velds.nl,
	simon@mungewell.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] Add a skeleton module to perform a basic initialization on certain USB devices
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2016 13:46:32 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87zivwbh07.fsf@nemi.mork.no> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1453545311-5721-1-git-send-email-madcatxster@devoid-pointer.net> ("Michal =?utf-8?Q?Mal=C3=BD=22's?= message of "Sat, 23 Jan 2016 11:35:09 +0100")

Michal Malý <madcatxster@devoid-pointer.net> writes:

> This mini series adds a simple skeleton module whose only purpose is to bring
> devices that at first appear as a generic USB device into another mode that
> can be handled by a more specific subsystem.
>
> This patch was originally requested by Dmitry, reasoning that loading the
> entire xpad module just to switch a Logitech G920 wheel into HID mode is
> excessive and does not make much sense.
>
> The module can be extended to handle any other USB device that might require
> such a switch.

Can this switching be done in userspace? That's what we normally do, ref
usb_modeswitch.


Bjørn

  parent reply	other threads:[~2016-01-23 12:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-01-23 10:35 Michal Malý
2016-01-23 10:35 ` [PATCH 1/2] Add usb_skelswitch skeleton module to do basic initialization of devices that at first appear as a generic USB device Michal Malý
2016-01-23 10:35 ` [PATCH 2/2] Use usb_skelswitch module to switch Logitech G920 Racing Wheel to HID mode Michal Malý
2016-01-23 12:46 ` Bjørn Mork [this message]
2016-01-23 15:56   ` [PATCH 0/2] Add a skeleton module to perform a basic initialization on certain USB devices Michal Malý
2016-01-23 16:39     ` Greg KH
2016-01-24 22:05       ` Oliver Neukum
2016-01-24 22:48         ` Greg KH
2016-01-25 11:27           ` Oliver Neukum
2016-01-25 14:17     ` Jiri Kosina
2016-01-25 21:02       ` Michal Malý

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