Re: [PATCH] USB: quirks: add USB_QUIRK_NO_LPM for ELECOM DEFT Pro TrackBall

From: Greg KH

Date: Wed Sep 30 2026 - 02:56:16 EST


On Wed, Sep 30, 2026 at 08:39:06AM +0200, David Pieters wrote:
> The 2.4GHz wireless USB receiver of the ELECOM DEFT Pro TrackBall
> (056e:0132) and its wired counterpart (056e:0131) fail to handle USB
> Link Power Management (LPM / USB 2.0 L1 sleep states) during initial
> enumeration on modern USB host controllers. When LPM negotiation occurs
> at boot, the device stalls and fails to register any input events until
> it is physically unplugged and replugged.
>
> Applying USB_QUIRK_NO_LPM prevents LPM negotiation and allows the device
> to initialize properly at system boot.
>
> Signed-off-by: David Pieters <davidpieters1978@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/usb/core/quirks.c | 4 ++++
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/quirks.c b/drivers/usb/core/quirks.c
> index 8923a10e7b41..0f34e819b22a 100644
> --- a/drivers/usb/core/quirks.c
> +++ b/drivers/usb/core/quirks.c
> @@ -350,6 +350,10 @@ static const struct usb_device_id usb_quirk_list[] = {
> /* Corsair Strafe RGB */
> { USB_DEVICE(0x1b1c, 0x1b20), .driver_info = USB_QUIRK_DELAY_INIT },
>
> + /* ELECOM DEFT Pro TrackBall (fails on USB Link Power Management) */
> + { USB_DEVICE(0x056e, 0x0131), .driver_info = USB_QUIRK_NO_LPM },
> + { USB_DEVICE(0x056e, 0x0132), .driver_info = USB_QUIRK_NO_LPM },
> +
> { } /* terminating entry must be last */
> };
>
> --
> 2.43.0

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