Re: [PATCH] input: allow SERIO=m even without EXPERT=y

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 11:01 PM, richard -rw- weinberger
<richard.weinberger@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 8:47 PM, Tom Gundersen <teg@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>> There is plenty of consumer hardware (e.g., mac books) that does not use
>> AT keyboards or PS/2 mice. It therefore makes sense for distro kernels
>> to build the related drivers as modules to avoid loading them on hardware
>> that does not need them. As such, these options should no longer be protected
>> by EXPERT.
>>
>> Moreover, building these drivers as modules gets rid of the following ugly
>> error during boot:
>>
>> [    2.337745] i8042: PNP: No PS/2 controller found. Probing ports directly.
>> [    3.439537] i8042: No controller found
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Tom Gundersen <teg@xxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  drivers/input/keyboard/Kconfig | 4 ++--
>>  drivers/input/serio/Kconfig    | 6 +++---
>>  2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/input/keyboard/Kconfig b/drivers/input/keyboard/Kconfig
>> index 269d4c3..2d31cec 100644
>> --- a/drivers/input/keyboard/Kconfig
>> +++ b/drivers/input/keyboard/Kconfig
>> @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
>>  # Input core configuration
>>  #
>>  menuconfig INPUT_KEYBOARD
>> -       bool "Keyboards" if EXPERT || !X86
>> +       bool "Keyboards"
>
> Maybe this a stupid question, but why are you dropping the "!X86" too?

Because the "if EXPERT" only mattered for X86.

Apply De Morgan and it read like "do not ask the question if !EXPERT && X86".

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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