Re: Helge Hafting vs. make menuconfig help

[Jan-Benedict Glaw <jbglaw@lug-owl.de>]

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On Tue, 2004-06-15 14:02:06 +0000, Karel Kulhavý <clock@twibright.com>
wrote in message <20040615140206.A6153@beton.cybernet.src>:
> Hello
> 
> Helge Hafting says that CONFIG_INPUT is about HID in general.
> make menuconfig help in 2.4.25 says that CONFIG_INPUT is about USB HID only.

HID is used in conjunction of USB input devices (USB mice, USB
keyboards, ...).

CONFIG_INPUT only gives you an API where you can process input events
with. For instance, look at the atkbd.c, sunkbd.c or lkkbd.c drivers.
They all send key strokes into the Input API (activated by
CONFIG_INPUT), but none of them actually uses USB (but the PS/2 keyboard
port or normal serial ports with non-standard plugs).

MfG, JBG

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