--- lirc-0.8.0pre4/daemons/hw_hiddev.c	2005-08-31 22:13:25 +0400
+++ lirc-0.8.0pre4/daemons/hw_hiddev.c.new	2006-01-20 16:12:59 +0300
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@
  *
  */
 
+/*
+ * The following is a work around for a problem in 2.6 kernel
+ *  linux/hiddev.h file that is fixed in 2.6.9
+ */
+#define HID_MAX_USAGES 1024
+
 #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
 # include <config.h>
 #endif