Re: [PATCH 0/3] hid: Enable report fixup on rebind

[Nikolai Kondrashov]

On 05/06/2012 07:52 PM, Nikolai Kondrashov wrote:
> I've managed to throw together a script which rebinds a device to a specific
> out-of-tree HID driver automatically. Please find it attached. I'll be
> bundling it with the modules, probably.

Now with proper indentation, sorry.

Sincerely,
Nick
#!/bin/sh
#
# DIGImend specific driver rebinding script. To be invoked by udev.
# Author: Nikolai Kondrashov <spbnick@xxxxxxxxx>
#
# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
#

# Write a string to a file, ignoring ENODEV.
write_ignore_enodev() {
    local str="$1"
    local path="$2"
    local output=""

    # Write the string with tee, capturing error output
    if ! output="`(echo \"$str\" | tee \"$path\" >/dev/null) 2>&1`"; then
        # Raise anything except ENODEV
        if [ "${output##*: }" != "No such device" ]; then
            echo "$output" >&2
            return 1
        fi
    fi
}

(
    set -e -u

    progname="`basename \"$0\"`"

    id="`basename $DEVPATH`"

    current_driver_path="`readlink -v -f /sys${DEVPATH}/driver`"
    if [ -e "$current_driver_path" ]; then
        current_driver="`basename \"$current_driver_path\"`"
    else
        current_driver=""
    fi

    specific_module="`modprobe -R $MODALIAS`"

    # Assume the driver would be called the same as module,
    # but without the "hid_" or "hid-" prefix
    specific_driver="${specific_module#hid[_-]}"
    specific_driver_path="/sys/bus/hid/drivers/$specific_driver"

    if [ "$current_driver" != "$specific_driver" ]; then
        logger -p daemon.notice -t "$progname" "rebinding $DEVPATH"

        # Ensure the specific driver module is loaded
        modprobe "$specific_module"

        # Unbind from the current driver, if any
        if [ -n "$current_driver" ]; then
            write_ignore_enodev "$id" "$current_driver_path/unbind"
        fi

        # Bind to the specific driver
        write_ignore_enodev "$id" "$specific_driver_path/bind"
    fi
) 2>&1 | logger -p daemon.warning -t "$progname"