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

From: Jiri Kosina
Date: Mon Jun 25 2012 - 09:38:42 EST


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 ... ?

Thanks,

--
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs
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