Re: [PATCH 09/10] HID: add compat support

From: Jiri Kosina
Date: Wed Jun 04 2008 - 04:55:55 EST


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,

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

Thanks,

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Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs
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