On Tue, 11 Jul 2017, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> Now that input core insists on having dev->absinfo when device claims to
> generate EV_ABS in its dev->evbit, we should not be blindly setting that
> bit.
>
> The code in question might have been needed before input_set_abs_params()
> started setting EV_ABS in device's evbit, but not anymore, and is now
> breaking devices such as SMART SPNL-6075 Touchscreen.
>
> Fixes: 6ecfe51b4082 ("Input: refuse to register absolute devices ...")
> Reported-by: Matthias Fend <[email protected]>
> Tested-by: Matthias Fend <[email protected]>
> Cc: [email protected]
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <[email protected]>
> ---
>
> Jiri, Benjamin, I marked it for stable as it causes regressions in 4.12
> reported by users. Please take a look.
Thanks for a quick fix, Dmitry. Queued in for-4.13/upstream-fixes branch.
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Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs
