linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RESEND] HID: Stop hiding options with !EXPERT

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Message-ID: <alpine.LNX.2.00.1503161600510.25438@pobox.suse.cz>
Date:	Mon, 16 Mar 2015 16:03:31 +0100 (CET)
From:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
To:	Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.de>
cc:	linux-input@...r.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND] HID: Stop hiding options with !EXPERT

On Fri, 20 Feb 2015, Jean Delvare wrote:

> Many HID driver options are hidden unless EXPERT is set. While I
> understand the idea of simplifying the kernel configuration for most
> users, in practice I believe it adds more confusion than it helps.

OK, I think we've reached a point where this might actually be OK -- users 
which depended on those few drivers should now have explicit select in 
their .config anyway.

So I am applying this to for-4.1/kconfig-drop-expert-dependency, let's see 
whether we receive any complaints.

Thanks,

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs
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