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Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2006 20:38:17 +0100 From: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org> To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org> Cc: Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>, Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-usb-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [GIT PATCH] HID patches for 2.6.19 Hi Linus, > > Here are some patches that move the HID code to a new directory allowing > > it to be used by other kernel subsystems easier. > > I pulled. However, I think the Kconfig changes are HORRIBLE. > > I don't understand why people don't use "select" more. Why should Kconfig > ask for "Generic HID support?" That question _never_ makes sense to a > user. And if you answer "n", you'll not get USB_HID. > > This is not user-friendly. If you need HID support, just select it. Don't > ask people questions that make no sense. If the generic HID code is needed > for some driver, you just select it. If it's not needed, you don't. It's > that easy. since we don't have any user-space or out of kernel HID transport drivers at the moment it would make sense to simply select HID if someone selects USB_HID or the upcoming Bluetooth transport. Regards Marcel - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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