linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 09/10] HID: add compat support

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Date:	Wed, 4 Jun 2008 10:55:45 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
To:	Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com>
cc:	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
	linux-input@...r.kernel.org, Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, anssi.hannula@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/10] HID: add compat support

On Fri, 16 May 2008, Jiri Slaby wrote:

> Add compat option to hid code to allow loading of all modules on
> systems which don't allow autoloading because of old userspace.
[ ... ]
> +config HID_COMPAT
> +	bool "Load all HID drivers on hid core load"
> +	---help---
> +	Compatible option for older userspace. If you have system without udev
> +	support of module loading through aliases and also old
> +	module-init-tools which can't handle hid bus, choose Y here. Otherwise
> +	say N. If you say N and your userspace is old enough, the only
> +	functionality you loose is modules autoloading.
> +
> +	If unsure, say N.
> +

Hi Jiri,

shouldn't we leave this default to 'Y' for quite some time?

Thanks,

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs
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