That patch looks pretty sensible. It probabally should be submitted upstream for review. The maintainers for the HID sub-system are listed below:
M: Jiri Kosina <jkos...@suse.cz> L: linux-in...@vger.kernel.org -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/607062 Title: Remote Control not working (Aureal / Cy se W-01RN) -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs