problem: Re: [PATCH] input: fixup X86_MRST selects

[Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>]

On 06/10/10 12:04, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> On Wednesday, June 09, 2010 03:42:08 pm Randy Dunlap wrote:
>> On 06/09/10 15:40, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
>>> On Wednesday, June 09, 2010 03:29:21 pm Randy Dunlap wrote:
>>>> +++ linux-next-20100609/drivers/input/keyboard/Kconfig
>>>> @@ -70,9 +70,10 @@ config KEYBOARD_ATARI
>>>>  
>>>>  config KEYBOARD_ATKBD
>>>>         tristate "AT keyboard" if EMBEDDED || !X86
>>>> +       depends on !X86 || (X86 && !X86_MRST)
>>>
>>> Should it be simply 'depends on !X86_MRST' and then we could kill
>>> '!X86_MRST' conditionals in selects?
>>
>> Duh, that sounds good, yes.
> 
> Actually, I do not think this is a correct approach. While Moorestown does
> not have i8042 theoretically it is possible to add AT-style keyboard by
> other means (however unlikely it is) so we should not be disabling it.
> 
> We should, however, disallow i8042 from being selected. Could you please
> tell me if the patch below works for you?

Dmitry,

This patch (in current mainline git) causes a problem when X86_MRST is enabled.
CONFIG_SERIO_I8042 is no longer enabled when X86_MRST is enabled,
and X86_MRST could be enabled when someone is trying to build a generic kernel.

-- 
~Randy
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