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SubjectRe: [2.6 patch] make INPUT a bool
On Sat, Feb 25, 2006 at 11:01:03PM +0100, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> >> >> You said that INPUT was not a driver, right. But without it, a keyboard
> >> >> won't work, will it?
> >> >
> >> >Yes, you do need INPUT for a keyboard.
> >> >No, INPUT alone does not support any hardware - that's the job of the
> >> >drivers depending on INPUT.
> >> >No, I don't understand what your question wants to achieve.
> >>
> >> Let's look at another subsystem:
> >> "Yes, you do need SND for a soundcard."
> >> "No, SND alone does not support any hardware - that's the job of the drivers
> >> depending on SND."
> >> Should SND also be made a bool like INPUT?
> >
> >No, SND=m is also possible in the EMBEDDED=n case.
> >
> This example was to show that INPUT should not be y-only. Except if you plan to
> make SND y-only too.


Please try to understand the following:
- INPUT=m is already only available if EMBEDDED=y
- as I did already explain, EMBEDDED=y and MODULES=y at the same
time doesn't make much sense

As I already said, SND=m is completely different since it is also
available in the (common) EMBEDDED=n case.


> Jan Engelhardt

cu
Adrian

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