From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753622Ab0ETQ2t (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 May 2010 12:28:49 -0400 Received: from smtp1.linux-foundation.org ([140.211.169.13]:36888 "EHLO smtp1.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751835Ab0ETQ2s (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 May 2010 12:28:48 -0400 Date: Thu, 20 May 2010 09:26:23 -0700 (PDT) From: Linus Torvalds To: Jiri Kosina , Don Prince cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: [GIT] HID In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (LFD 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 20 May 2010, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > This is just unbelievable SH*T: > > config HID_ZYDACRON > tristate "Zydacron remote control support" if EMBEDDED > depends on USB_HID > default !EMBEDDED > ---help--- > Support for Zydacron remote control. Oh, and I notice that I shouldn't blame Don - this kind of crap is apparently de rigeur in the HID layer. I only noticed because this time it was a clearly very specialized driver and I started wondering what that odd name was. Guys, I can understand it if it's some kind of big-name "exists everywhere" thing. Doing it for big vendors like Logitech devices may make sense. But don't do it for random specialized hardware. At least ask the user "Do you want to support all the HID crap in the universe" to allow people to say Yes/No once (instead of for every single crazy device). Linus