Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932089AbWBYWBv (ORCPT ); Sat, 25 Feb 2006 17:01:51 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932094AbWBYWBv (ORCPT ); Sat, 25 Feb 2006 17:01:51 -0500 Received: from linux01.gwdg.de ([134.76.13.21]:55444 "EHLO linux01.gwdg.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932089AbWBYWBu (ORCPT ); Sat, 25 Feb 2006 17:01:50 -0500 Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 23:01:03 +0100 (MET) From: Jan Engelhardt To: Adrian Bunk 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 In-Reply-To: <20060225154028.GU3674@stusta.de> Message-ID: 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> <20060225154028.GU3674@stusta.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 978 Lines: 27 >> >> 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. > This example was to show that INPUT should not be y-only. Except if you plan to make SND y-only too. Jan Engelhardt -- - 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/