Re: [bk patches] Long delayed input update

[Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>]

On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 08:14:52 -0800 (PST), Linus Torvalds
<torvalds@osdl.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> On Tue, 4 Jan 2005, Vojtech Pavlik wrote:
> >
> > I can hide it, the reasoning was that it may be useful for out-of-kernel
> > modules, and because of that it's possible to enable it even when there
> > are no users, and only then it's an option.
> >
> > atkbd and psmouse do "select" it.
> 
> Ok, that seems fine. I'll hide it behind "EMBEDDED" at least until
> somebody actually has an out-of-tree user on any platform where it makes
> any sense (on a PC it will be enabled _anyway_ by the kbd/mouse thing, and
> on anything else I don't see it making any sense anyway, and it clearly
> only confuses people - since it confused me).
> 

i8042-style ports are not limited to PC - maceps2.c, q40kbd.c,
rpckbd.c and sa1111ps2.c also implement them that's why libps2 wasn't
limited to x86 arch.

-- 
Dmitry