Messages in this thread | | | From | Dmitry Torokhov <> | Subject | Re: [2.6 patch] make INPUT a bool | Date | Sat, 25 Feb 2006 17:23:52 -0500 |
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On Saturday 25 February 2006 17:07, Adrian Bunk wrote: > On Sat, Feb 25, 2006 at 11:01:03PM +0100, Jan Engelhardt wrote: > > >> >> You said that INPUT was not a driver, right. But without it, a keyboard > > >> >> won't work, will it? > > >> > > > >> >Yes, you do need INPUT for a keyboard. > > >> >No, INPUT alone does not support any hardware - that's the job of the > > >> >drivers depending on INPUT. > > >> >No, I don't understand what your question wants to achieve. > > >> > > >> Let's look at another subsystem: > > >> "Yes, you do need SND for a soundcard." > > >> "No, SND alone does not support any hardware - that's the job of the drivers > > >> depending on SND." > > >> Should SND also be made a bool like INPUT? > > > > > >No, SND=m is also possible in the EMBEDDED=n case. > > > > > This example was to show that INPUT should not be y-only. Except if you plan to > > make SND y-only too. > > > Please try to understand the following: > - INPUT=m is already only available if EMBEDDED=y
Adrian,
There are requests to move it out of EMBEDDED because sometimes you just don't need input layer at all. Dave Jones mentioned that he feels silly enabling EMBEDDED on iSeries... I am thinking about changing it to "EMBEDDED || !X86_PC" to safe-guard the most common platform from accidenially disabling it.
I am still not convinced whether INPUT=m makes sence, especially if we make ACPI use input layer... Jan's example about input device with hot-pluggable keyboard is a bit of a stretch.
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