Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751147AbWBYWHk (ORCPT ); Sat, 25 Feb 2006 17:07:40 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932214AbWBYWHj (ORCPT ); Sat, 25 Feb 2006 17:07:39 -0500 Received: from emailhub.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:16905 "HELO mailout.stusta.mhn.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S932150AbWBYWHj (ORCPT ); Sat, 25 Feb 2006 17:07:39 -0500 Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 23:07:38 +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: <20060225220737.GE3674@stusta.de> References: <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 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: 1635 Lines: 47 On Sat, Feb 25, 2006 at 11:01:03PM +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. > > > This example was to show that INPUT should not be y-only. Except if you plan to > make SND y-only too. Please try to understand the following: - INPUT=m is already only available if EMBEDDED=y - as I did already explain, EMBEDDED=y and MODULES=y at the same time doesn't make much sense As I already said, SND=m is completely different since it is also available in the (common) 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/