Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261671AbVADPRx (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Jan 2005 10:17:53 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261673AbVADPRx (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Jan 2005 10:17:53 -0500 Received: from rproxy.gmail.com ([64.233.170.207]:27493 "EHLO rproxy.gmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261671AbVADPRv (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Jan 2005 10:17:51 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:references; b=jyPiAHLeTpgjDDOvl55Jn8xFr2aqJ6yC/561fZzZvcCnvhuZivKPy/WeMmMyW7iJWXMQu4nD+JF/UvYktM+fjvnus3CE0M2T7cNun8xhTaQrfYYj23u5Z/xyXZi17A3rvWpnALayityblVBxVI5TxKYd1cQEfRG05gHSmjy707M= Message-ID: Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2005 10:17:50 -0500 From: Dmitry Torokhov Reply-To: dtor_core@ameritech.net To: Adrian Bunk Subject: Re: [bk patches] Long delayed input update Cc: Linus Torvalds , Vojtech Pavlik , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@osdl.org, vojtech@ucw.cz In-Reply-To: <20050104145011.GB3097@stusta.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <20041227142821.GA5309@ucw.cz> <20050103131848.GH26949@ucw.cz> <200501040114.26499.dtor_core@ameritech.net> <20050104145011.GB3097@stusta.de> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1191 Lines: 29 On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 15:50:11 +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote: > On Tue, Jan 04, 2005 at 01:14:26AM -0500, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > > When I do "make oldconfig" it silently sets SERIO_LIBPS2 to Y if I have > > either atkbd or psmouse built-in and if both of them are modules it gives > > option [M/y]. Do you have atkbd or psmouse selected? > >... > > As far as I can see, you are correct, and unless you are on !X86 or have > EMBEDDED enabled SERIO_LIBPS2 is always forced to yes. > > But although it doesn't seem to be a problem, I'm wondering why > SERIO_LIBPS2 is a user-visible option? > LIBPS2 is a mid-level library for accessing a device behing PS/2 port. Like with CRC library there potentially could be some out-of-tree moules using it so user has an option of building the library in the kernel, or as a module, or omitting it. For the vast majority of users it is selected automatically without any questions. -- Dmitry - 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/