# Re: 回复: \[PATCH\] add alps devices to the hid-ids.h

- From: Jiri Kosina \<jikos@kernel.org\>
- Date: 2020-06-17 16:31:41 
- List: linux-input
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-input/2020/06/8931819
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-input/2020/05/8931767/t.md

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On Wed, 17 Jun 2020, Caiyuan Xie wrote:

> Thanks for your check. We will need to support those device IDs in 
> future, so we added them for future use.

Please add them once you have code making actual use of them in the 
driver, otherwise it's a bit pointless to maintain such unused list in the 
kernel headers.

Thanks again,

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs

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