Re: psmouse et al and mousedev dependancy

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

Hi,

On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 19:51:59 +0300, Michael Tokarev <mjt@tls.msk.ru> wrote:
> A quick (hopefully) question.
> 
> When mousedev is compiled as a module, loading psmouse or usbhid
> modules does not enable the mouse, one have to load mousedev too.
> The same is true for keybdev and actual keyboard drivers.
> 
> Why not add this dependancy explicitly in psmouse et al modules,
> something like (pseudocode):
> 
> #if CONFIG_MOUSEDEV==m
>  request_module(mousedev);
> #endif
> 
> , or, to "use" some symbol in psmouse.ko which is defined in mousedev?
> 

Not everyone uses mousedev (evdev, tsdev, joydev) so they are not
loaded by default. It is actually hotplug scripts' task to load proper
interface module after a new input device has been discovered.

-- 
Dmitry