Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759858Ab2HXRHm (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Aug 2012 13:07:42 -0400 Received: from lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk ([81.2.110.251]:60340 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756542Ab2HXRHk (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Aug 2012 13:07:40 -0400 Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2012 18:12:21 +0100 From: Alan Cox To: Josh Triplett Cc: Joe Millenbach , Greg Kroah-Hartman , linux-serial@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, team-fjord@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] tty: Added a CONFIG_TTY option to allow removal of TTY Message-ID: <20120824181221.5ed4511c@pyramind.ukuu.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <20120824170342.GA9794@jtriplet-mobl1> References: <1345499431-21658-1-git-send-email-jmillenbach@gmail.com> <20120821142047.777e4bb0@pyramind.ukuu.org.uk> <20120824141537.63274081@pyramind.ukuu.org.uk> <20120824170342.GA9794@jtriplet-mobl1> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.0 (GTK+ 2.24.8; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) Face: 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 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 659 Lines: 15 > > The true cause I think is that serio/serport.c should depend on tty to be > > built but the ps/2 mouse bits shouldn't. > > On the other hand, most people disabling CONFIG_TTY will be building an > extreme embedded system, and on such a system a PS/2 mouse seems highly > unlikely. Given that, perhaps the goal of removing dependencies on TTY > could happen incrementally once CONFIG_TTY exists? Fine by me -- 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/