From: Jiri Kosina <jikos@kernel.org>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Andrew Duggan <aduggan@synaptics.com>,
Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@redhat.com>,
Ping Cheng <pinglinux@gmail.com>,
Jason Gerecke <jason.gerecke@wacom.com>,
"linux-input@vger.kernel.org" <linux-input@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] HID: rmi: fallback to generic/multitouch if hid-rmi is not built (was Re: [GIT PULL] HID for 4.11)
Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2017 16:46:44 +0100 (CET) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.LSU.2.20.1702211644090.24579@cbobk.fhfr.pm> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA+55aFwbJDBMQi4nzcD8-cWUZ4S1jNAEYqo38_FinLJA4FfYCA@mail.gmail.com>
On Tue, 21 Feb 2017, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > I agree; that's in line with what we usually try to stick to (force
> > specific drivers if the device doesn't work with the generic at all and
> > switch over to generic in compile-time for devices that have limited
> > functionality with the generic driver).
>
> .. and maybe we should do this same thing for the WACOM case a couple
> of lines up from your patch?
Well, that's far more questionable. I am pretty sure Wacom devices are
completely dysfunctional without a specific driver, as they have their own
protocol.
Adding Ping and Jason to CC.
--
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-02-21 15:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-02-20 15:20 [GIT PULL] HID for 4.11 Jiri Kosina
2017-02-21 2:48 ` Linus Torvalds
2017-02-21 3:03 ` Linus Torvalds
2017-02-21 3:19 ` Linus Torvalds
2017-02-21 4:13 ` Linus Torvalds
2017-02-21 4:37 ` Linus Torvalds
2017-03-01 0:56 ` Linus Torvalds
2017-03-01 2:31 ` Andrew Duggan
2017-03-01 3:24 ` Peter Hutterer
2017-03-01 5:05 ` Linus Torvalds
2017-03-01 7:43 ` Andrew Duggan
2017-03-01 9:03 ` Benjamin Tissoires
2017-03-01 9:06 ` Benjamin Tissoires
2017-03-01 17:31 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2017-03-01 17:54 ` Linus Torvalds
2017-03-01 17:58 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2017-03-01 18:02 ` Linus Torvalds
2017-02-21 14:17 ` [PATCH] HID: rmi: fallback to generic/multitouch if hid-rmi is not built (was Re: [GIT PULL] HID for 4.11) Jiri Kosina
2017-02-21 15:43 ` Linus Torvalds
2017-02-21 15:46 ` Jiri Kosina [this message]
2017-02-21 15:49 ` Linus Torvalds
2017-02-21 17:42 ` Benjamin Tissoires
2017-02-21 21:03 ` Jiri Kosina
2017-02-22 0:53 ` Jason Gerecke
2017-02-21 17:37 ` Benjamin Tissoires
2017-02-21 21:16 ` Andrew Duggan
2017-02-21 9:32 ` ath10k regression on XPS13 Kalle Valo
2017-02-21 18:18 ` David Miller
2017-02-21 18:38 ` Kalle Valo
2017-02-21 18:53 ` David Miller
2017-02-21 19:49 ` Kalle Valo
2017-02-21 21:00 ` David Miller
2017-02-21 18:52 ` Linus Torvalds
2017-02-21 21:01 ` David Miller
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