linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Input: mousedev - stop offering PS/2 to userspace by default

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Message-ID: <20170102094437.GC5767@mail.corp.redhat.com>
Date:   Mon, 2 Jan 2017 10:44:37 +0100
From:   Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@...hat.com>
To:     Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-input@...r.kernel.org,
        Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@...-t.net>,
        Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Input: mousedev - stop offering PS/2 to userspace by
 default

On Dec 29 2016 or thereabouts, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> Evdev interface has been available for many years and by now everyone
> is switched to using it, so let's stop offering /dev/input/mouseN
> and /dev/psaux by default.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>

Makes sense to me

Acked-by: Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@...hat.com>

Cheers,
Benjamin

> ---
>  drivers/input/Kconfig | 3 ---
>  1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/input/Kconfig b/drivers/input/Kconfig
> index 6261874..ff80377 100644
> --- a/drivers/input/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/input/Kconfig
> @@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ comment "Userland interfaces"
>  
>  config INPUT_MOUSEDEV
>  	tristate "Mouse interface"
> -	default y
>  	help
>  	  Say Y here if you want your mouse to be accessible as char devices
>  	  13:32+ - /dev/input/mouseX and 13:63 - /dev/input/mice as an
> @@ -109,7 +108,6 @@ config INPUT_MOUSEDEV
>  
>  config INPUT_MOUSEDEV_PSAUX
>  	bool "Provide legacy /dev/psaux device"
> -	default y
>  	depends on INPUT_MOUSEDEV
>  	help
>  	  Say Y here if you want your mouse also be accessible as char device
> @@ -118,7 +116,6 @@ config INPUT_MOUSEDEV_PSAUX
>  
>  	  If unsure, say Y.
>  
> -
>  config INPUT_MOUSEDEV_SCREEN_X
>  	int "Horizontal screen resolution"
>  	depends on INPUT_MOUSEDEV
> -- 
> 2.8.0.rc3.226.g39d4020
> 
> 
> -- 
> Dmitry