From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263178AbTDLGxg (for ); Sat, 12 Apr 2003 02:53:36 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263179AbTDLGxg (for ); Sat, 12 Apr 2003 02:53:36 -0400 Received: from [196.41.29.142] ([196.41.29.142]:61426 "EHLO workshop.saharact.lan") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263178AbTDLGxe (for ); Sat, 12 Apr 2003 02:53:34 -0400 Subject: VT and VT_CONSOLE not present with menuconfig if INPUT=m (was: 2.5.67+ BK-current fails to boot on Athlon MP) From: Martin Schlemmer To: Krishnakumar B Cc: KML , Andrew Morton In-Reply-To: <16023.20727.42247.824975@samba.doc.wustl.edu> References: <16023.20727.42247.824975@samba.doc.wustl.edu> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Message-Id: <1050130858.2754.77.camel@workshop.saharact.lan> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.3- Date: 12 Apr 2003 09:00:58 +0200 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, 2003-04-12 at 01:34, Krishnakumar B wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to get 2.5.x to boot on my new Athlon 2400+ MP box. For some > reason, the kernel doesn't progress beyond > > Uncompressing Linux...Ok, booting the kernel. > You need 'Virtual terminal' and 'Console on VT' enabled: $ grep VT .config CONFIG_VT=y CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE=y $ But this brings me to the main issue .. any reason why you need to have INPUT=y to be able to select CONFIG_VT and CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE ? If INPUT=m for instance, it is not present ... Won't it be better to make CONFIG_INPUT a bool (only y or n), as with this setup, you can still compile the other input drivers as modules .. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --- 1/drivers/input/Kconfig 2003-04-12 08:53:33.000000000 +0200 +++ 2/drivers/input/Kconfig 2003-04-12 09:00:17.000000000 +0200 @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ menu "Input device support" config INPUT - tristate "Input devices (needed for keyboard, mouse, ...)" + bool "Input devices (needed for keyboard, mouse, ...)" default y ---help--- Say Y here if you have any input device (mouse, keyboard, tablet, @@ -19,11 +19,6 @@ If unsure, say Y. - This driver is also available as a module ( = code which can be - inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want). - The module will be called input. If you want to compile it as a - module, say M here and read . - comment "Userland interfaces" config INPUT_MOUSEDEV ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sorry, I am not sure who does this bit, so I CC'd Andrew as well, as I want to remember that he did some changes to VT and SERIAL console in the past. Regards, -- Martin Schlemmer