linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Input: Enable WM97xx touchscreen sub-drivers by default

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Date:	Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:57:56 -0700
From:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
To:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>
Cc:	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
	linux-input@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Input: Enable WM97xx touchscreen sub-drivers by default

On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:41:07 +0100
Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com> wrote:

> Currently the support for each WM97xx touchscreen model is compiled
> out by default, meaning that the default configuration when the
> driver is built is for it to support no hardware.  This is suboptimal
> and leads to problems like distribution kernels shipping a
> non-functional driver.


this isn't normally how things are done; Linux is on a "off unless
selected or unless it breaks booting" policy nowadays...

(and distributions don't follow "default" anyway, so don't worry about
that part)

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