From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751812AbdBUPqy (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Feb 2017 10:46:54 -0500 Received: from mx2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:50093 "EHLO mx2.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751374AbdBUPqq (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Feb 2017 10:46:46 -0500 Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2017 16:46:44 +0100 (CET) From: Jiri Kosina X-X-Sender: jkosina@pobox.suse.cz To: Linus Torvalds cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List , Andrew Duggan , Benjamin Tissoires , Ping Cheng , Jason Gerecke , "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) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: User-Agent: Alpine 2.20 (LSU 67 2015-01-07) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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