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-rw-r--r--drivers/hid/hid-core.c8
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-core.c b/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
index d76d85a41629..fbecdd3e7cd3 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
* Copyright (c) 1999 Andreas Gal
* Copyright (c) 2000-2005 Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@suse.cz>
* Copyright (c) 2005 Michael Haboustak <mike-@cinci.rr.com> for Concept2, Inc
- * Copyright (c) 2006-2010 Jiri Kosina
+ * Copyright (c) 2006-2012 Jiri Kosina
*/
/*
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ module_param_named(debug, hid_debug, int, 0600);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(debug, "toggle HID debugging messages");
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hid_debug);
+static int hid_ignore_special_drivers = 0;
+module_param_named(ignore_special_drivers, hid_ignore_special_drivers, int, 0600);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(debug, "Ignore any special drivers and handle all devices by generic driver");
+
/*
* Register a new report for a device.
*/
@@ -1678,7 +1682,7 @@ static int hid_bus_match(struct device *dev, struct device_driver *drv)
return 0;
/* generic wants all that don't have specialized driver */
- if (!strncmp(hdrv->name, "generic-", 8))
+ if (!strncmp(hdrv->name, "generic-", 8) && !hid_ignore_special_drivers)
return !hid_match_id(hdev, hid_have_special_driver);
return 1;