Re: usb initialization order (usbhid vs. appletouch)

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On Sat, 28 Oct 2006 18:56:16 +0200, Soeren Sonnenburg <[email protected]> wrote:

> > > > > I've noticed that the appletouch driver needs to be loaded *before* the
> > > > > usbhid driver to function. This is currently impossible when built into
> > > > > the kernel (and not modules). So I wonder how one can change the
> > > > > ordering of when the usb drivers are loaded.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Suggestions ?
> > > > 
> > > > Add a quirk to HID. Messing around with probing orders is not
> > > > a sure thing.
> > > 
> > > what do you have in mind ? if appletouch is turned on ignore IDs that
> > > appear in appletouch ?
> > 
> > Yes, or even make it unconditional. There is a specific driver for a device.
> > It exists for a reason.
> 
> OK, so I tried adding all of them to the HID_QUIRK_IGNORE LIST, i.e.

This, of course, cannot possibly work, as we discussed a month ago.
 http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/10/1/18

So, you two are just beating a dead horse. It's time to write the code
which identifies Apple devices and not try to ride a quirk.

-- Pete
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