linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] tty: Added a CONFIG_TTY option to allow removal of TTY

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Message-ID: <20120824181221.5ed4511c@pyramind.ukuu.org.uk>
Date:	Fri, 24 Aug 2012 18:12:21 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>
Cc:	Joe Millenbach <jmillenbach@...il.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	linux-serial@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	team-fjord@...glegroups.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tty: Added a CONFIG_TTY option to allow removal of TTY


> > The true cause I think is that serio/serport.c should depend on tty to be
> > built but the ps/2 mouse bits shouldn't.
> 
> On the other hand, most people disabling CONFIG_TTY will be building an
> extreme embedded system, and on such a system a PS/2 mouse seems highly
> unlikely.  Given that, perhaps the goal of removing dependencies on TTY
> could happen incrementally once CONFIG_TTY exists?

Fine by me
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