From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matthew Garrett Subject: Re: [PATCH] input: allow SERIO=m even without EXPERT=y Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2013 16:02:26 +0100 Message-ID: <20130903150226.GA2392@srcf.ucam.org> References: <1378147630-12471-1-git-send-email-teg@jklm.no> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from cavan.codon.org.uk ([93.93.128.6]:55862 "EHLO cavan.codon.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753815Ab3ICPCb (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Sep 2013 11:02:31 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1378147630-12471-1-git-send-email-teg@jklm.no> Sender: linux-input-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-input@vger.kernel.org To: Tom Gundersen Cc: linux-input@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Dmitry Torokhov On Mon, Sep 02, 2013 at 08:47:10PM +0200, Tom Gundersen wrote: > There is plenty of consumer hardware (e.g., mac books) that does not use > AT keyboards or PS/2 mice. It therefore makes sense for distro kernels > to build the related drivers as modules to avoid loading them on hardware > that does not need them. As such, these options should no longer be protected > by EXPERT. There are systems (although, with luck, only *very* old ones) where the modules won't get autoloaded. You should probably mention that in the help text. -- Matthew Garrett | mjg59@srcf.ucam.org