why are these drivers missing from the Fedora kernel?

[Ranjan Maitra]

On Wed, 1 Jul 2015 14:14:59 +0000 Jóhann B. Guðmundsson <johannbg at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 06/30/2015 06:14 PM, Josh Boyer wrote:
> > You might have success with that if we can track down the patch that
> > adds support for that device, but it will need to come via an update
> > after installation.
> 
> I dont think anyone has submitted a patch for this one yet
> 
> There was one patch submitted for 07de ( sometime in May  ) but that 
> patch removed the previous ( and current ) entry "07dc" and replaced it 
> with that one [¹].
> 
> When Jiri asked the submitter why he did that ( as opposed to simply add 
> the new device entry to the pool of existing ones, since obviously the 
> other manufactored  Surface Pro 3 devices in circulation should still 
> continue to work ) the submitter did not respond, then he resubmitted 
> the same patch sometime later, Jiri re-asked the same question again and 
> the submitter came up with no practical reason why he submitted it as is.
> 
> If the intent is to support it, both those device entries should be 
> added ( 07de and 07e2 followed by someone who actually owns these 
> devices to test this ) with all three exist in total, with whatever 
> multiple PIDs naming scheme is used upstream
> 
> #define USB_DEVICE_ID_MS_TYPE_COVER_3
> #define USB_DEVICE_ID_MS_TYPE_COVER_3_07de
> #define USB_DEVICE_ID_MS_TYPE_COVER_3_07e2
> 
> Or rework them to look the same
> 
> #define USB_DEVICE_ID_MS_TYPE_COVER_3_07dc
> #define USB_DEVICE_ID_MS_TYPE_COVER_3_07de
> #define USB_DEVICE_ID_MS_TYPE_COVER_3_07e2
> 
> etc
> 
> 
> JBG

Johann,

I totally agree with you that both those devices should be added for support. Let me know if I can help test.

Best wishes,
Ranjan

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