Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261608AbVA2Xke (ORCPT ); Sat, 29 Jan 2005 18:40:34 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261605AbVA2Xke (ORCPT ); Sat, 29 Jan 2005 18:40:34 -0500 Received: from smtp815.mail.sc5.yahoo.com ([66.163.170.1]:29861 "HELO smtp815.mail.sc5.yahoo.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S261604AbVA2XkP convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Sat, 29 Jan 2005 18:40:15 -0500 From: Dmitry Torokhov To: Roman Zippel Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/8] Kconfig: cleanup input menu Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2005 18:40:12 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.7.2 Cc: linux-input@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz, Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <200501291750.50886.dtor_core@ameritech.net> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200501291840.12694.dtor_core@ameritech.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1499 Lines: 38 On Saturday 29 January 2005 18:20, Roman Zippel wrote: > Hi, > > On Sat, 29 Jan 2005, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > > > On Saturday 29 January 2005 17:20, Roman Zippel wrote: > > > --- linux-2.6.11.orig/drivers/input/serio/Kconfig       2005-01-29 22:50:43.404946203 +0100 > > > +++ linux-2.6.11/drivers/input/serio/Kconfig    2005-01-29 22:56:42.549085439 +0100 > > > @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ > > >  # > > >  config SERIO > > >         tristate "Serial i/o support" if EMBEDDED || !X86 > > > +       depends on INPUT > > > > ???? > > > > serio_raw works fine without INPUT. > > All current serio users depend on INPUT, it's maybe not a strict > dependency, but it pretty much needs INPUT anyway to be usable, so I don't > see the problem. > The alternative is to move it completely out of the input menu, if it's > really that important for the user being able to select it without input. > I can assure you that serio_raw driver _does not_ use input system - it is implementation of pre 2.6 /dev/psaux interface giving you access to raw AUX data. It was written so we can still use PS/2 devices for which we don't have proper in-kernel driver but have working userspace solution. It completely bypasses input layer. -- 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/