This restores a line someone deleted, which affects hotplugging. Basically this restores correct/previous behavior: the HID driver only matches HID devices, not every device that ever connects.
This is against 2.5.5 ... I resisted the urge to send an identical patch I happen to have sitting around, dated June 13 2001 :) Did some old version, with an old bug, merge? - Dave
hid-0221.patch
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