Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 11 Nov 2006 13:30:33 +0100 | From | Adrian Bunk <> | Subject | Re: 2.6.19-rc5: where can I select INPUT? |
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On Sat, Nov 11, 2006 at 03:18:41PM +0300, Andrey Borzenkov wrote: > > On Saturday 11 November 2006 14:25, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > On Sat, Nov 11, 2006 at 01:24:58PM +0300, Andrey Borzenkov wrote: > > > > > > Neither in menuconfig nor in xconfig do I see any place to actually > > > select INPUT. Help text suggests that it is a) selectable b) it can be > > > made modules. I do not have either option. Here what I see in menuconfig > > > if I go into Input device support: > > > > > > --- Generic input layer (needed for keyboard, mouse, ...) > > > < > Support for memoryless force-feedback devices > > > --- Userland interfaces > > > > > > as you see there is no check box for INPUT itself. > > > > > > I already had similar issue something else (I believe it was something > > > related to serio). In menuconfig item was no selectable, but I could > > > directly edit .config to change y to m. > > >... > > > > INPUT can only be unset if you set CONFIG_EMBEDDED=y. > > > > {pts/1}% grep EMB /boot/config > CONFIG_EMBEDDED=y > > > The rationale is that it usually doesn't make sense for users to disable > > INPUT, and allowing it tends to cause some confusion. > > > > I do not want to disable it. I want to make it module (OK it has the same > rationale - if you need it anyway why you do want to make it module etc). > This should be possible according to help text. It does not work. Direct > editing of .config silently reverts it back to y instead of m.
What you want seems to require some non-trivial changes.
Are you trying this "just because it should work" or is there a strong technical reason why you need it?
> TIA > - -andrey
cu Adrian
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