Re: hiddev and input devices (PS3 sixaxis)

[Bastien Nocera <hadess@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 2007-11-28 at 14:24 +0100, Jiri Kosina wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Nov 2007, Bastien Nocera wrote:
> 
> > The problem I have is while the device works correctly in jstest, no 
> > hiddev devices are created for it (they get created properly for my 
> > Logitech dongle though).
> 
> Hi,
> 
> hiddev devices are not created automatically for all devices. It's done 
> only for devices that have non-input applications, or for those devices 
> which have explicit HID_QUIRK_HIDDEV flag set. Please see 
> hiddev_connect(), there this logic is implemented.

OK.

> You can set HID_QUIRK_HIDDEV for the particular vendor/product combination 
> even without recompiling the kernel -- it is no possible to pass 'quirks' 
> option to the usbhid module.

And if the usbhid is compiled into the kernel, is there any way to pass
those (without a reboot would be preferred)?

Cheers


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