return -EINVAL;
        }
 
-       ret = usb_control_msg(dev, usb_sndctrlpipe(dev, 0),
+       if (dev->quirks & USB_QUIRK_NO_SET_INTF)
+               ret = -EPIPE;
+       else
+               ret = usb_control_msg(dev, usb_sndctrlpipe(dev, 0),
                                   USB_REQ_SET_INTERFACE, USB_RECIP_INTERFACE,
                                   alternate, interface, NULL, 0, 5000);
 
 
        /* M-Systems Flash Disk Pioneers */
        { USB_DEVICE(0x08ec, 0x1000), .driver_info = USB_QUIRK_RESET_RESUME },
 
+       /* X-Rite/Gretag-Macbeth Eye-One Pro display colorimeter */
+       { USB_DEVICE(0x0971, 0x2000), .driver_info = USB_QUIRK_NO_SET_INTF },
+
        /* Action Semiconductor flash disk */
        { USB_DEVICE(0x10d6, 0x2200), .driver_info =
                        USB_QUIRK_STRING_FETCH_255 },
 
 
 /* device can't resume correctly so reset it instead */
 #define USB_QUIRK_RESET_RESUME         0x00000002
+
+/* device can't handle Set-Interface requests */
+#define USB_QUIRK_NO_SET_INTF          0x00000004