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Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2012 16:09:24 +0200 From: "Henrik Rydberg" <rydberg@...omail.se> To: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz> Cc: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>, Jan Beulich <jbeulich@...e.com>, linux-input@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] HID: Fix the Kconfig option for generic device handling On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 03:38:40PM +0200, Jiri Kosina wrote: > On Fri, 22 Jun 2012, Henrik Rydberg wrote: > > > The generic HID driver is obviously not a special driver, so move > > it outside of the special drivers menu. Explain the usage and make > > the default follow the HID setting. This should simplify migration > > from older kernels. > > > > Reported-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@...e.com> > > Signed-off-by: Henrik Rydberg <rydberg@...omail.se> > > --- > > Hi Jiri, > > > > As pointed out by Jan Beulich, the generic hid driver Kconfig option > > is confusing. This patch ought to fix most of the concerns. For 3.5. > > The change makes sense. I'd however propose to perhaps unify > CONFIG_HID_SUPPORT and CONFIG_HID, while we are at it ... ? I started out doing precisely that, but I wanted the 3.5 patch to be as small as possible... I will increase the scope slightly and resend. Cheers, Henrik -- 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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