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From: Dave Jones <davej@codemonkey.org.uk>
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On Sun, Nov 03, 2002 at 12:52:48PM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote:

 > This is potentially becoming a FAQ...  I ran into this too, as did 
 > several people in the office.  People who compile custom kernels seem to 
 > run into this when they first jump into 2.5.x.  AT Keyboard support is 
 > definitely buried :/

Documentation isn't enough. It _has_ to be made simpler.
Its obvious that this is the #1 stumbling block to a 2.5 virgin right now.
I fell over it myself when I merged it, as did Linus I believe.
It's just not obvious enough.

Having it documented obviously isn't enough too. I covered this in
the document[*] I wrote last week, which got ~3000 direct hits, ~7000
or so on Linux-today, and god knows how many elsewhere.
(Either that, or my description of the problem sucked).

		Dave

[*] http://www.codemonkey.org.uk/post-halloween-2.5.txt

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