linux-kernel - Re: HID bus

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Message-ID: <481461FC.8000006@gmail.com>
Date:	Sun, 27 Apr 2008 13:22:36 +0200
From:	Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com>
To:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
CC:	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
	linux-input@...r.kernel.org, marcel@...tmann.org,
	mit-devel@...ts.printk.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: HID bus

On 04/22/2008 02:00 AM, Jiri Kosina wrote:
> On Sun, 20 Apr 2008, Jiri Slaby wrote:
> 
>> So I suppose we still need the option to let users compile all the 
>> chosen drivers into hid.
> 
> Another possible workaround is to introduce dummy "hid" module, that will 
> just depend on all other drivers with a reference to certail symbol (and 
> this could of course be optional as CONFIG_HID_COMPAT, or whatever).

If I understand correctly, it would create circular dependency:
hid->dummy_hid->hid_apple->hid

Is is correct?

Thanks.
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