Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 7 Jun 2003 11:59:08 +0200 | From | Vojtech Pavlik <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Making keyboard/mouse drivers dependent on CONFIG_EMBEDDED |
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On Sat, Jun 07, 2003 at 08:34:24AM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote: > > I finally got sick of seeing bug reports from people who did not enable > CONFIG_VT or forgot to enable the obscure options for the keyboard > driver. This is especially a big problem for people who do make oldconfig > with a 2.4 configuration, but seems to happen in general often. > I also included the PS/2 mouse driver. It is small enough and a useful > fallback on any PC. > > This patch wraps all this for i386/amd64 in CONFIG_EMBEDDED. If > CONFIG_EMBEDDED is not defined they are not visible and always enabled. > > I only tried to give good defaults for PC type of hardware. So far > the assumption is that people running other architectures know how > to configure a kernel. > > I also included VGA_CONSOLE with this. Arguably a lot of people use > fbcon now, but having vga console compiled in too as a fallback doesn't hurt. > > Hopefully this will fix one of the major FAQs on linux-kernel.
I'm quite OK with this, but I'd like it to give a pointer where to disable EMBEDDED, and also give a possibility to do it other than editing .config manually.
> diff -u linux-2.5.70/drivers/char/Kconfig-KCONFIG linux-2.5.70/drivers/char/Kconfig > --- linux-2.5.70/drivers/char/Kconfig-KCONFIG 2003-05-08 04:52:43.000000000 +0200 > +++ linux-2.5.70/drivers/char/Kconfig 2003-06-06 23:46:52.000000000 +0200 > @@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ > menu "Character devices" > > config VT > - bool "Virtual terminal" > + bool "Virtual terminal" if EMBEDDED > requires INPUT=y > + default y > ---help--- > If you say Y here, you will get support for terminal devices with > display and keyboard devices. These are called "virtual" because you > @@ -35,8 +36,9 @@ > shiny Linux system :-) > > config VT_CONSOLE > - bool "Support for console on virtual terminal" > + bool "Support for console on virtual terminal" if EMBEDDED > depends on VT > + default y > ---help--- > The system console is the device which receives all kernel messages > and warnings and which allows logins in single user mode. If you > diff -u linux-2.5.70/drivers/input/keyboard/Kconfig-KCONFIG linux-2.5.70/drivers/input/keyboard/Kconfig > --- linux-2.5.70/drivers/input/keyboard/Kconfig-KCONFIG 2003-03-28 18:32:22.000000000 +0100 > +++ linux-2.5.70/drivers/input/keyboard/Kconfig 2003-06-06 23:46:51.000000000 +0200 > @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ > # Input core configuration > # > config INPUT_KEYBOARD > - bool "Keyboards" > + bool "Keyboards" if (X86 && EMBEDDED) || (!X86) > default y > depends on INPUT > help > @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ > If unsure, say Y. > > config KEYBOARD_ATKBD > - tristate "AT keyboard support" > + tristate "AT keyboard support" if (X86 && EMBEDDED) || (!X86) > default y > depends on INPUT && INPUT_KEYBOARD && SERIO > help > diff -u linux-2.5.70/drivers/input/serio/Kconfig-KCONFIG linux-2.5.70/drivers/input/serio/Kconfig > --- linux-2.5.70/drivers/input/serio/Kconfig-KCONFIG 2003-03-28 18:32:22.000000000 +0100 > +++ linux-2.5.70/drivers/input/serio/Kconfig 2003-06-06 23:56:20.000000000 +0200 > @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ > as a module, say M here and read <file:Documentation/modules.txt>. > > config SERIO_I8042 > - tristate "i8042 PC Keyboard controller" > + tristate "i8042 PC Keyboard controller" if (X86 && EMBEDDED) || (!X86) > default y > depends on SERIO > ---help--- > diff -u linux-2.5.70/drivers/input/Kconfig-KCONFIG linux-2.5.70/drivers/input/Kconfig > --- linux-2.5.70/drivers/input/Kconfig-KCONFIG 2003-02-10 19:37:58.000000000 +0100 > +++ linux-2.5.70/drivers/input/Kconfig 2003-06-06 23:44:32.000000000 +0200 > @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ > menu "Input device support" > > config INPUT > - tristate "Input devices (needed for keyboard, mouse, ...)" > + tristate "Input devices (needed for keyboard, mouse, ...)" if EMBEDDED > default y > ---help--- > Say Y here if you have any input device (mouse, keyboard, tablet, > @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ > comment "Userland interfaces" > > config INPUT_MOUSEDEV > - tristate "Mouse interface" > + tristate "Mouse interface" if EMBEDDED > default y > depends on INPUT > ---help--- > @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ > a module, say M here and read <file:Documentation/modules.txt>. > > config INPUT_MOUSEDEV_PSAUX > - bool "Provide legacy /dev/psaux device" > + bool "Provide legacy /dev/psaux device" if EMBEDDED > default y > depends on INPUT_MOUSEDEV > > diff -u linux-2.5.70/drivers/video/console/Kconfig-KCONFIG linux-2.5.70/drivers/video/console/Kconfig > --- linux-2.5.70/drivers/video/console/Kconfig-KCONFIG 2003-03-28 18:32:25.000000000 +0100 > +++ linux-2.5.70/drivers/video/console/Kconfig 2003-06-07 08:23:50.000000000 +0200 > @@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ > menu "Console display driver support" > > config VGA_CONSOLE > - bool "VGA text console" > + bool "VGA text console" if (EMBEDDED && X86) || (!X86) > depends on !ARCH_ACORN && !ARCH_EBSA110 || !4xx && !8xx > + default y > help > Saying Y here will allow you to use Linux in text mode through a > display that complies with the generic VGA standard. Virtually
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