lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2017]   [Feb]   [21]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
Date
From
SubjectRe: [PATCH] HID: rmi: fallback to generic/multitouch if hid-rmi is not built (was Re: [GIT PULL] HID for 4.11)
On Feb 21 2017 or thereabouts, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 7:46 AM, Jiri Kosina <jikos@kernel.org> wrote:
> > On Tue, 21 Feb 2017, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> >>
> >> .. 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.
>
> Ah, ok. Never mind then.
>
> Linus

Well, Wacom devices use to need a special driver, but the latest
generation should somewhat be able to work without a driver (IIRC).
The only thing I can think of is that Wacom devices require
HID_QUIRK_NO_INIT_REPORTS, so they might not work out of the box after
all.

Let's see what Ping and Jason think about the question.

Cheers,
Benjamin

\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2017-02-21 18:43    [W:0.118 / U:0.036 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site