Re: Helge Hafting vs. make menuconfig help

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

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On Tue, 2004-06-15 14:20:40 +0000, Karel Kulhavý <clock@twibright.com>
wrote in message <20040615142040.B6241@beton.cybernet.src>:
> On Tue, Jun 15, 2004 at 04:10:39PM +0200, Jan-Benedict Glaw wrote:
> > On Tue, 2004-06-15 14:02:06 +0000, Karel Kulhavý <clock@twibright.com>
> > wrote in message <20040615140206.A6153@beton.cybernet.src>:

> > 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).
> 
> Is it correct what <Help> for CONFIG_INPUT in 2.4.25 says or no?

At least, it's not really wrong. You need CONFIG_INPUT to be able to do
something with the HID stuff. However, to have an uniform interface, you
may also use the CONFIG_INPUT stuff to access your "normal" (AT / PS/2
style) keyboard.

In 2.6.x, that's cleaned up a bit. (Nearly?) all keyboards now push
their key strokes into the CONFIG_INPUT API, so you really want to have
CONFIG_INPUT (as long as this isn't some kind of embedded system).

MfG, JBG

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