Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265545AbUFON5c (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Jun 2004 09:57:32 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265644AbUFON5c (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Jun 2004 09:57:32 -0400 Received: from cimice4.lam.cz ([212.71.168.94]:44928 "EHLO beton.cybernet.src") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265545AbUFON4G (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Jun 2004 09:56:06 -0400 Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 13:56:05 +0000 From: =?iso-8859-2?Q?Karel_Kulhav=FD?= To: Helge Hafting Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Lubomir Prech Subject: Re: HID vs. Input Core Message-ID: <20040615135605.B6090@beton.cybernet.src> References: <20040615125800.B5811@beton.cybernet.src> <20040615134153.GA8625@hh.idb.hist.no> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-2 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <20040615134153.GA8625@hh.idb.hist.no>; from helgehaf@aitel.hist.no on Tue, Jun 15, 2004 at 03:41:53PM +0200 X-Orientation: Gay Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1356 Lines: 35 On Tue, Jun 15, 2004 at 03:41:53PM +0200, Helge Hafting wrote: > On Tue, Jun 15, 2004 at 12:58:00PM +0000, Karel Kulhav? wrote: > > Hello > > > > I would like to know what's the difference between > > Input Core (CONFIG_INPUT) and USB HID (CONFIG_USB_HID) in 2.4.25 > > > > They seem to enable the same thing - USB HID. However I don't > > know which one should I enable or if I should enable both. I find > > existence of two options with seemingly the same function confusing. > > > They aren't the same: > > Enable CONFIG_INPUT if you want to use any input devices _at all_, > i.e. if you plan on using some kind of keyboard, mouse, joystick, ... > Enable CONFIG_USB_HID also, _if_ such a device might be connected > via USB. (Older devices are not USB, newer may be usb.) Bugreport: CONFIG_INPUT Help says "Say Y here if you want to enable any of the following options for USB Human Interface Device (HID) support". Helge Hafting from linux-kernel says that CONFIG_INPUT controls enabling input devices at all. These two statements are in a direct contradiction. (See above). Cl< > > Helge Hafting - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/