Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1161015AbWBYPka (ORCPT ); Sat, 25 Feb 2006 10:40:30 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1161016AbWBYPka (ORCPT ); Sat, 25 Feb 2006 10:40:30 -0500 Received: from emailhub.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:45574 "HELO mailout.stusta.mhn.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1161015AbWBYPk3 (ORCPT ); Sat, 25 Feb 2006 10:40:29 -0500 Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 16:40:28 +0100 From: Adrian Bunk To: Jan Engelhardt Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven , Samuel Masham , Dmitry Torokhov , Linux Kernel Development , linux-input@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz, Andrew Morton Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] make INPUT a bool Message-ID: <20060225154028.GU3674@stusta.de> References: <20060217163802.GI4422@stusta.de> <93564eb70602191933x2a20ce0m@mail.gmail.com> <20060220132832.GF4971@stusta.de> <20060222013410.GH20204@MAIL.13thfloor.at> <20060222023121.GB4661@stusta.de> <20060225124606.GI3674@stusta.de> <20060225145049.GQ3674@stusta.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11+cvs20060126 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1206 Lines: 41 On Sat, Feb 25, 2006 at 04:29:16PM +0100, Jan Engelhardt wrote: > >> > >> You said that INPUT was not a driver, right. But without it, a keyboard > >> won't work, will it? > > > >Yes, you do need INPUT for a keyboard. > > > >No, INPUT alone does not support any hardware - that's the job of the > >drivers depending on INPUT. > > > >No, I don't understand what your question wants to achieve. > > > > Let's look at another subsystem: > > "Yes, you do need SND for a soundcard." > > "No, SND alone does not support any hardware - that's the job of the drivers > depending on SND." > > Should SND also be made a bool like INPUT? No, SND=m is also possible in the EMBEDDED=n case. > Jan Engelhardt cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed - 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/