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SubjectRe: [PATCH 09/10] HID: add compat support
On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 10:55 AM, Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz> wrote:
> On Fri, 16 May 2008, Jiri Slaby wrote:
>
>> Add compat option to hid code to allow loading of all modules on
>> systems which don't allow autoloading because of old userspace.
> [ ... ]
>> +config HID_COMPAT
>> + bool "Load all HID drivers on hid core load"
>> + ---help---
>> + Compatible option for older userspace. If you have system without udev
>> + support of module loading through aliases and also old
>> + module-init-tools which can't handle hid bus, choose Y here. Otherwise
>> + say N. If you say N and your userspace is old enough, the only
>> + functionality you loose is modules autoloading.
>> +
>> + If unsure, say N.
>> +
>
> Hi Jiri,

Hi,

> shouldn't we leave this default to 'Y' for quite some time?

This is unnecessary on most configurations, but requisite on old
userspace. I think, we choose options like this to be yes. Please
alter the patch. Thanks.


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