Re: [PATCH] HID: Fix the Kconfig option for generic device handling

[Henrik Rydberg]

On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 03:38:40PM +0200, Jiri Kosina wrote:
> On Fri, 22 Jun 2012, Henrik Rydberg wrote:
> 
> > The generic HID driver is obviously not a special driver, so move
> > it outside of the special drivers menu. Explain the usage and make
> > the default follow the HID setting. This should simplify migration
> > from older kernels.
> > 
> > Reported-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Henrik Rydberg <rydberg@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > Hi Jiri,
> > 
> > As pointed out by Jan Beulich, the generic hid driver Kconfig option
> > is confusing. This patch ought to fix most of the concerns. For 3.5.
> 
> The change makes sense. I'd however propose to perhaps unify 
> CONFIG_HID_SUPPORT and CONFIG_HID, while we are at it ... ?

I started out doing precisely that, but I wanted the 3.5 patch to be
as small as possible... I will increase the scope slightly and resend.

Cheers,
Henrik
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