Hi, HID-BP confuses people, we know that. I don't want to see the HID-BP drivers removed, but I think it would be a good idea to make them more difficult to enable, unless someone knows what they are looking for. (Basically it would reduce support incidents a lot.)
I modified the USB input menu 2 different ways. The first way just makes some small text & Help file changes, and I suspect that this isn't enough of a change. The second way puts HID-BP in its own sub-menu and updates the Help file. I think that this is the better choice, so unless there is a great hue and cry, please apply the "hidbpmenu-2542.patch" file. ~Randy
--- ./drivers/usb/input/Config.in.hid Fri Oct 11 21:22:14 2002 +++ ./drivers/usb/input/Config.in Sun Oct 13 21:40:04 2002 @@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ dep_mbool ' /dev/hiddev raw HID device support' CONFIG_USB_HIDDEV $CONFIG_USB_HID if [ "$CONFIG_USB_HID" != "y" ]; then - dep_tristate ' USB HIDBP Keyboard (basic) support' CONFIG_USB_KBD $CONFIG_USB $CONFIG_INPUT - dep_tristate ' USB HIDBP Mouse (basic) support' CONFIG_USB_MOUSE $CONFIG_USB $CONFIG_INPUT + dep_tristate ' USB HIDBP Keyboard (simple Boot) support' CONFIG_USB_KBD +$CONFIG_USB $CONFIG_INPUT + dep_tristate ' USB HIDBP Mouse (simple Boot) support' CONFIG_USB_MOUSE +$CONFIG_USB $CONFIG_INPUT fi dep_tristate ' Aiptek 6000U/8000U tablet support' CONFIG_USB_AIPTEK $CONFIG_USB $CONFIG_INPUT --- ./drivers/usb/input/Config.help.hid Fri Oct 11 21:22:11 2002 +++ ./drivers/usb/input/Config.help Sun Oct 13 21:31:57 2002 @@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ to use the generic HID driver for your USB keyboard and prefer to use the keyboard in its limited Boot Protocol mode instead. - This is almost certainly not what you want. + This is almost certainly not what you want. This is mostly + useful for embedded applications or simple keyboards. This code is also available as a module ( = code which can be inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want). @@ -77,7 +78,8 @@ to use the generic HID driver for your USB keyboard and prefer to use the keyboard in its limited Boot Protocol mode instead. - This is almost certainly not what you want. + This is almost certainly not what you want. This is mostly + useful for embedded applications or simple mice. This code is also available as a module ( = code which can be inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
--- ./drivers/usb/input/Config.in.hid Fri Oct 11 21:22:14 2002 +++ ./drivers/usb/input/Config.in Sun Oct 13 21:55:36 2002 @@ -15,8 +15,11 @@ dep_mbool ' /dev/hiddev raw HID device support' CONFIG_USB_HIDDEV $CONFIG_USB_HID if [ "$CONFIG_USB_HID" != "y" ]; then - dep_tristate ' USB HIDBP Keyboard (basic) support' CONFIG_USB_KBD $CONFIG_USB $CONFIG_INPUT - dep_tristate ' USB HIDBP Mouse (basic) support' CONFIG_USB_MOUSE $CONFIG_USB $CONFIG_INPUT + mainmenu_option next_comment + comment 'USB HID Boot Protocol drivers' + dep_tristate ' USB HIDBP Keyboard (simple Boot) support' CONFIG_USB_KBD +$CONFIG_USB $CONFIG_INPUT + dep_tristate ' USB HIDBP Mouse (simple Boot) support' CONFIG_USB_MOUSE +$CONFIG_USB $CONFIG_INPUT + endmenu fi dep_tristate ' Aiptek 6000U/8000U tablet support' CONFIG_USB_AIPTEK $CONFIG_USB $CONFIG_INPUT --- ./drivers/usb/input/Config.help.hid Fri Oct 11 21:22:11 2002 +++ ./drivers/usb/input/Config.help Sun Oct 13 21:31:57 2002 @@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ to use the generic HID driver for your USB keyboard and prefer to use the keyboard in its limited Boot Protocol mode instead. - This is almost certainly not what you want. + This is almost certainly not what you want. This is mostly + useful for embedded applications or simple keyboards. This code is also available as a module ( = code which can be inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want). @@ -77,7 +78,8 @@ to use the generic HID driver for your USB keyboard and prefer to use the keyboard in its limited Boot Protocol mode instead. - This is almost certainly not what you want. + This is almost certainly not what you want. This is mostly + useful for embedded applications or simple mice. This code is also available as a module ( = code which can be inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
