Re: [PATCH 1/2] HID: redragon: Fix regression in non-Redragon keyboard due to this new driver

[Robert Munteanu]

Hi John,

On Sat, 2018-07-28 at 15:53 -0400, John S Gruber wrote:
> The Redragon keyboard uses the second device being presented, but
> other
> devices with the same vendor_id/device_id pair (0x0c45:760b) use the
> first.
> Don't cause its deletion. Problem introduced in commit 85455dd906d5
> ("HID: redragon: Fix modifier keys for Redragon Asura Keyboard")
> 
> Fixes: 85455dd906d5
> Signed-off-by: John S Gruber <JohnSGruber@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/hid/hid-redragon.c | 4 ----
>  1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-redragon.c b/drivers/hid/hid-redragon.c
> index daf5957..85a5fbb 100644
> --- a/drivers/hid/hid-redragon.c
> +++ b/drivers/hid/hid-redragon.c
> @@ -55,10 +55,6 @@ static int redragon_probe(struct hid_device *dev,
>  		return ret;
>  	}
> 
> -	/* do not register unused input device */
> -	if (dev->maxapplication == 1)
> -		return 0;
> -
>  	ret = hid_hw_start(dev, HID_CONNECT_DEFAULT);
>  	if (ret) {
>  		hid_err(dev, "hw start failed\n");

As I mentioned, this is already fixed by
dc9b8e85ed95cbe7e3ad0eabb5b48d617bbc365e, scheduled for 4.19, and I
suggest that we instead add that one to 4.18.

The explanation is that the block you deleted was the whole reason for
adding the redragon_probe function, so the changes are largely
equivalent.

Thanks,

Robert