Re: How to use an usb interface than is claimed by HID?

[Rolf Offermanns]

Ivan Ukhov wrote:

>> .. which wouldn't help you either, supposing that you don't want to touch
>> the kernel sources at all, because this function is unexported and
>> static.
>>
>> So I think that there is no straightforward way, sorry.
>>
>> Is this a device that doesn't exist anywhere else than on your table? I
>> still think that putting the code in kernel (if possible) and
>> blacklisting the device on the hid_blacklist[] is the simplest way.
>>
>> The other possibility is writing the driver completely in userspace,
>> using libhid/hiddev. Would that suit your needs?
> 
> I'm afraid it wouldn't.
> 
> Thank you very much.
> 
There is another way. Have a look at this article:
http://lwn.net/Articles/143397/

Maybe this is an option for you.

-Rolf
-- 
Rolf Offermanns <roffermanns@xxxxxxxxx>
SYSGO AG     Tel.: +49-6136-9948-0
Am Pfaffenstein 14   Fax: +49-6136-9948-10
55270 Klein-Winternheim  http://www.sysgo.com

-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/