Re: [PATCH 4/5] HID: autoload hid-multitouch as needed

From: Jiri Kosina
Date: Mon Mar 12 2012 - 11:57:51 EST


On Thu, 8 Mar 2012, Stéphane Chatty wrote:

> > What if we were to change the definition of a HID device on the
> > modalias level?
> >
> > In practise, a HID device can be either an usb device, a hid device,
>
> Just to be sure: do you mean "bluetooth device"? or is there such a
> thing as a hid device per se? I'm asking because I've always been
> surprised at seeing usbhid/ in hid/, which kind of breaks the potential
> symmetry between USB and Bluetooth wrt hid.

Please don't get confused by the directory layout ... this has mostly
non-technical reasons -- Marcel wanted to keep bluetooth/hidp under his
wings, and I didn't have reasons to object strongly.

I am adding Marcel and Gustavo to CC just in case they have changed their
mind, but it's definitely a side-topic in this discussion.
Marcel, Gustavo -- if you are interested in the whole discussion regarding
potential extension of HID core infrastructure to better suit multitouch,
please see the whole thread at http://marc.info/?t=133105322800006&r=1&w=4

--
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs
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