Re: 2.6.19-rc5: where can I select INPUT?

[Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>]

On Sat, Nov 11, 2006 at 01:24:58PM +0300, Andrey Borzenkov wrote:
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> Neither in menuconfig nor in xconfig do I see any place to actually select 
> INPUT. Help text suggests that it is a) selectable b) it can be made modules. 
> I do not have either option. Here what I see in menuconfig if I go into Input 
> device support:
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>     --- Generic input layer (needed for keyboard, mouse, ...)
>     < >   Support for memoryless force-feedback devices
>     ---   Userland interfaces
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> as you see there is no check box for INPUT itself.
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> I already had similar issue something else (I believe it was something related 
> to serio). In menuconfig item was no selectable, but I could directly 
> edit .config to change y to m.
>...

INPUT can only be unset if you set CONFIG_EMBEDDED=y.

The rationale is that it usually doesn't make sense for users to disable 
INPUT, and allowing it tends to cause some confusion.

> - -andrey

cu
Adrian

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