From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 12 Aug 2001 10:43:13 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 12 Aug 2001 10:43:03 -0400 Received: from ppp0.ocs.com.au ([203.34.97.3]:6918 "HELO mail.ocs.com.au") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Sun, 12 Aug 2001 10:42:48 -0400 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 From: Keith Owens To: John Levon cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, sailer@ife.ee.ethz.ch Subject: Re: Gameport & esssolo1 2.4.8 In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 12 Aug 2001 12:48:40 +0100." <20010812124840.A26055@compsoc.man.ac.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 00:42:55 +1000 Message-ID: <3592.997627375@ocs3.ocs-net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, 12 Aug 2001 12:48:40 +0100, John Levon wrote: >esssolo1 uses register_gameport_port() which requires support for it to >be enabled. Shouldn't there be always-failing register/unregister so I don't have >to compile in input support and joystick support ? AFAIK this was fixed in the -ac trees some time ago. I have no idea why it is not in 2.4.8, maybe Alan Cox is waiting for the input and/or joystick maintainer to push it. No, I am not going to do a 2.4.8 version of the fix, that is up to the maintainer.