[ 3.5.y.z extended stable ] Patch "HID: Fix Speedlink VAD Cezanne support for some devices" has been added to staging queue

[Luis Henriques]

This is a note to let you know that I have just added a patch titled

    HID: Fix Speedlink VAD Cezanne support for some devices

to the linux-3.5.y-queue branch of the 3.5.y.z extended stable tree 
which can be found at:

 http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/linux.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/linux-3.5.y-queue

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to this tree, please 
reply to this email.

For more information about the 3.5.y.z tree, see
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Dev/ExtendedStable

Thanks.
-Luis

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>From 162ab84e78e1afc39a144cd4bd688b273c40cf35 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stefan Kriwanek <dev at stefankriwanek.de>
Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2013 10:46:13 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] HID: Fix Speedlink VAD Cezanne support for some devices

commit 06bb5219118fb098f4b0c7dcb484b28a52bf1c14 upstream.

Some devices of the "Speedlink VAD Cezanne" model need more aggressive fixing
than already done.

I made sure through testing that this patch would not interfere with the proper
working of a device that is bug-free. (The driver drops EV_REL events with
abs(val) >= 256, which are not achievable even on the highest laser resolution
hardware setting.)

Signed-off-by: Stefan Kriwanek <mail at stefankriwanek.de>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina at suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Luis Henriques <luis.henriques at canonical.com>
---
 drivers/hid/hid-speedlink.c | 11 ++++++++---
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-speedlink.c b/drivers/hid/hid-speedlink.c
index 6020137..2b03c9b 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-speedlink.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-speedlink.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *  Fixes "jumpy" cursor and removes nonexistent keyboard LEDS from
  *  the HID descriptor.
  *
- *  Copyright (c) 2011 Stefan Kriwanek <mail at stefankriwanek.de>
+ *  Copyright (c) 2011, 2013 Stefan Kriwanek <dev at stefankriwanek.de>
  */

 /*
@@ -48,8 +48,13 @@ static int speedlink_event(struct hid_device *hdev, struct hid_field *field,
 		struct hid_usage *usage, __s32 value)
 {
 	/* No other conditions due to usage_table. */
-	/* Fix "jumpy" cursor (invalid events sent by device). */
-	if (value == 256)
+
+	/* This fixes the "jumpy" cursor occuring due to invalid events sent
+	 * by the device. Some devices only send them with value==+256, others
+	 * don't. However, catching abs(value)>=256 is restrictive enough not
+	 * to interfere with devices that were bug-free (has been tested).
+	 */
+	if (abs(value) >= 256)
 		return 1;
 	/* Drop useless distance 0 events (on button clicks etc.) as well */
 	if (value == 0)
--
1.8.3.2