linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] USBHID: Make Boot Protocol drivers depend on EMBEDDED

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Date:	Sun, 21 Dec 2008 14:02:00 -0800
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
Cc:	Parag Warudkar <parag.lkml@...il.com>,
	Anssi Hannula <anssi.hannula@...il.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-input@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] USBHID: Make Boot Protocol drivers depend on EMBEDDED

On Sun, 21 Dec 2008 22:48:21 +0100 (CET) Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz> wrote:

> On Sun, 21 Dec 2008, Parag Warudkar wrote:
> 
> > The usbmouse and usbkbd modules are not supposed to be used with regular 
> > USB mice and keyboards. Make them depend on EMBEDDED to prevent them from 
> > being built and loaded on non-EMBEDDED configs.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Parag Warudkar <parag.lkml@...il.com>
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/hid/usbhid/Kconfig b/drivers/hid/usbhid/Kconfig
> > index 5d9aa95..4edb3be 100644
> > --- a/drivers/hid/usbhid/Kconfig
> > +++ b/drivers/hid/usbhid/Kconfig
> > @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ config USB_HIDDEV
> >  	  If unsure, say Y.
> >  
> >  menu "USB HID Boot Protocol drivers"
> > -	depends on USB!=n && USB_HID!=y
> > +	depends on USB!=n && USB_HID!=y && EMBEDDED
> >  
> >  config USB_KBD
> >  	tristate "USB HIDBP Keyboard (simple Boot) support"
> 
> So do I get it right that the only reason of the problem you were seeing 
> was that in the 2.6.27 kernel you have compiled usbhid module, which was 
> then used for driving your mouse,but in 2.6.28-rcX you compiled and used 
> 'usbmouse' instead, and therefore this is not a regression?
> 

Shouldn't usbmouse support two-dimensional mice as well?
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