Re: Helge Hafting vs. make menuconfig help

["Karel Kulhavý" <clock@twibright.com>]

> > 
> > 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

Does HID means always USB?

However when disabling CONFIG_INPUT, the keyboard still works. Is a keyboard
considered a HID or nor?

> 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).

Isn't there some graphical chart (preferrably made in sodipodi ;-) ) that
describes how data are flowing inside the kernel? I have problems visualizing
this.

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