Re: [PATCH] [media] rc: do not enable remote controller adapters by default.

[Stephen Wilson <wilsons@start.ca>]

Andy Walls <awalls@md.metrocast.net> writes:

> On Wed, 2011-02-16 at 01:16 -0500, Stephen Wilson wrote:
>> Having the RC_CORE config default to INPUT is almost equivalent to
>> saying "yes".  Default to "no" instead.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Stephen Wilson <wilsons@start.ca>
>
> I don't particularly like this, if it discourages desktop distributions
> from building RC_CORE.  The whole point of RC_CORE in kernel was to have
> the remote controllers bundled with TV and DTV cards "just work" out of
> the box for end users.  Also the very popular MCE USB receiver device,
> shipped with Media Center PC setups, needs it too.

A similar argument can be made for any particular feature or device that
just works when the functionality is enabled :)

> Why exactly do you need it set to "No"?

It is not a need.  I simply observed that after the IR_ to RC_ rename
there was another set of drivers being built which I did not ask for.

It struck me as odd that because basic keyboard/mouse support was
enabled I also got support for DTV card remote controls.

I don't think there are any other driver subsystems enabling themselves
based on something as generic as INPUT (as a dependency it is just fine,
obviously).

Overall, it just seems like the wrong setting to me.  Is there another
predicate available that makes a bit more sense for RC_CORE other than
INPUT?  Something related to the TV or DTV cards perhaps?


Take care,

>
> Regards,
> Andy
>
>> ---
>>  drivers/media/rc/Kconfig |    2 +-
>>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/media/rc/Kconfig b/drivers/media/rc/Kconfig
>> index 3785162..8842843 100644
>> --- a/drivers/media/rc/Kconfig
>> +++ b/drivers/media/rc/Kconfig
>> @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
>>  menuconfig RC_CORE
>>  	tristate "Remote Controller adapters"
>>  	depends on INPUT
>> -	default INPUT
>> +	default n
>>  	---help---
>>  	  Enable support for Remote Controllers on Linux. This is
>>  	  needed in order to support several video capture adapters.
>> --
>> 1.7.3.5
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steve