On Thursday 21 October 2004 13:04, Vojtech Pavlik wrote: > On Thu, Oct 21, 2004 at 11:54:15AM -0700, David Brownell wrote: > > Notably an annoying dependency botch that made the whole > > USB menu look wrong in "xconfig" and "menuconfig". > > Please merge, unless Vojtech objects. > > Looks fairly OK, but USB_HIDINPUT definitely isn't for UPSes.
Whoops, don't know how that snuck in. Here's the update. - Dave
This tweaks the USB input driver support, notably fixing a botched dependency that makes all the USB drivers appear strangely in Kconfig. Signed-off-by: David Brownell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- 1.17/drivers/usb/input/Kconfig Sun Jun 20 19:20:42 2004 +++ edited/drivers/usb/input/Kconfig Thu Oct 21 15:19:30 2004 @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ # # USB Input driver configuration # -comment "USB Human Interface Devices (HID)" +comment "USB Input Devices" depends on USB config USB_HID @@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ mice, joysticks, graphic tablets, or any other HID based devices to your computer via USB. You also need to select HID Input layer support (below) if you want to use keyboards, mice, joysticks and - the like. + the like ... as well as Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) and + monitor control devices. You can't use this driver and the HIDBP (Boot Protocol) keyboard and mouse drivers at the same time. More information is available: @@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ module will be called usbhid. comment "Input core support is needed for USB HID input layer or HIDBP support" - depends on USB && INPUT=n + depends on USB_HID && INPUT=n config USB_HIDINPUT bool "HID input layer support" @@ -32,8 +33,7 @@ depends on INPUT && USB_HID help Say Y here if you want to use a USB keyboard, mouse or joystick, - or any other HID input device. You also need "Input core support", - (CONFIG_INPUT), which you select under "Input device support", above. + or any other HID input device. If unsure, say Y. @@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ This module supports these devices separately using a separate event interface on /dev/usb/hiddevX (char 180:96 to 180:111). - This driver requires CONFIG_USB_HID. If unsure, say Y.
