Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265809AbUFOSHS (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Jun 2004 14:07:18 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265810AbUFOSHR (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Jun 2004 14:07:17 -0400 Received: from twilight.ucw.cz ([81.30.235.3]:26755 "EHLO midnight.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265809AbUFOSGy (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Jun 2004 14:06:54 -0400 Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 20:07:38 +0200 From: Vojtech Pavlik To: Karel =?iso-8859-1?Q?Kulhav=FD?= Cc: Helge Hafting , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Lubomir Prech Subject: Re: HID vs. Input Core Message-ID: <20040615180738.GA2200@ucw.cz> References: <20040615125800.B5811@beton.cybernet.src> <20040615134153.GA8625@hh.idb.hist.no> <20040615135605.B6090@beton.cybernet.src> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20040615135605.B6090@beton.cybernet.src> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1579 Lines: 39 On Tue, Jun 15, 2004 at 01:56:05PM +0000, Karel Kulhav? wrote: > 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). In 2.4 the only devices (well, except joysticks) using the input core are USB HID devices. -- Vojtech Pavlik SuSE Labs, SuSE CR - 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/