From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Henrik Rydberg" Subject: Re: [PATCH] HID: Fix the Kconfig option for generic device handling Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2012 16:09:24 +0200 Message-ID: <20120625140924.GA489@polaris.bitmath.org> References: <1340356390-4614-1-git-send-email-rydberg@euromail.se> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from smtprelay-b21.telenor.se ([195.54.99.212]:33936 "EHLO smtprelay-b21.telenor.se" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756951Ab2FYOGP (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Jun 2012 10:06:15 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-input-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-input@vger.kernel.org To: Jiri Kosina Cc: Dmitry Torokhov , Jan Beulich , linux-input@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 03:38:40PM +0200, Jiri Kosina wrote: > On Fri, 22 Jun 2012, Henrik Rydberg wrote: > > > The generic HID driver is obviously not a special driver, so move > > it outside of the special drivers menu. Explain the usage and make > > the default follow the HID setting. This should simplify migration > > from older kernels. > > > > Reported-by: Jan Beulich > > Signed-off-by: Henrik Rydberg > > --- > > Hi Jiri, > > > > As pointed out by Jan Beulich, the generic hid driver Kconfig option > > is confusing. This patch ought to fix most of the concerns. For 3.5. > > The change makes sense. I'd however propose to perhaps unify > CONFIG_HID_SUPPORT and CONFIG_HID, while we are at it ... ? I started out doing precisely that, but I wanted the 3.5 patch to be as small as possible... I will increase the scope slightly and resend. Cheers, Henrik