Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752824AbbHCJZO (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Aug 2015 05:25:14 -0400 Received: from mx2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:58491 "EHLO mx2.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752031AbbHCJZM (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Aug 2015 05:25:12 -0400 Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2015 11:25:12 +0200 (CEST) From: Jiri Kosina X-X-Sender: jkosina@pobox.suse.cz To: Reilly Grant cc: Pavel Machek , linux-input@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] HID: use generic driver for ThingM blink(1) if !CONFIG_HID_THINGM In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <1438024626-36448-1-git-send-email-reillyg@chromium.org> <20150802071341.GE32270@amd> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (LNX 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 663 Lines: 18 On Sun, 2 Aug 2015, Reilly Grant wrote: > There is existing user space software (not just mine, also from the > manufacturer) that does not use the special driver and instead uses hidraw > or usbdevice_fs to control the device. LED class driver support for this > device is useful but should be optional. Is there any problem for the userspace software to unbind the kernel driver first? -- Jiri Kosina SUSE Labs -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/