On Saturday 29 January 2005 22:22, Roman Zippel wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Sat, 29 Jan 2005, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
>
> > Well, with the current Kconfig I can de-select INPUT and still select
> > serio and serio_raw and access my AUX port via /dev/psaux. I don't know
> > if anyone would really do it, but why not?
> >
> > Btw, what was the point of your patch?
>
> See the subject. The current input Kconfig menu is already quite complex
> for a lot of people, we don't have to confuse them further with a chaotic
> menu structure. I only did the minimal fixes to get it into proper shape
> with an acceptable compromise. Feel free to take it from here to also make
> it technically correct.
>
Ok, what about making some submenus to manage number of options, like in
the patch below?
--
Dmitry
===== drivers/input/Kconfig 1.8 vs edited =====
--- 1.8/drivers/input/Kconfig 2005-01-15 17:31:06 -05:00
+++ edited/drivers/input/Kconfig 2005-01-29 22:53:30 -05:00
@@ -4,8 +4,14 @@
menu "Input device support"
+comment "Hardware I/O ports"
+
+source "drivers/input/serio/Kconfig"
+
+source "drivers/input/gameport/Kconfig"
+
config INPUT
- tristate "Input devices (needed for keyboard, mouse, ...)" if EMBEDDED
+ tristate "Generic input layer (needed for keyboard, mouse, ...)" if
EMBEDDED
default y
---help---
Say Y here if you have any input device (mouse, keyboard, tablet,
@@ -23,6 +29,7 @@
module will be called input.
comment "Userland interfaces"
+ depends on INPUT
config INPUT_MOUSEDEV
tristate "Mouse interface" if EMBEDDED
@@ -134,13 +141,8 @@
To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
module will be called evbug.
-comment "Input I/O drivers"
-
-source "drivers/input/gameport/Kconfig"
-
-source "drivers/input/serio/Kconfig"
-
comment "Input Device Drivers"
+ depends on INPUT
source "drivers/input/keyboard/Kconfig"
===== drivers/input/gameport/Kconfig 1.5 vs edited =====
--- 1.5/drivers/input/gameport/Kconfig 2005-01-08 00:43:50 -05:00
+++ edited/drivers/input/gameport/Kconfig 2005-01-29 22:50:38 -05:00
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
#
# Gameport configuration
#
+menu "Gameport support"
+
config GAMEPORT
tristate "Gameport support"
---help---
@@ -88,3 +90,4 @@
tristate "Crystal SoundFusion gameport support"
depends on GAMEPORT
+endmenu
===== drivers/input/joystick/Kconfig 1.10 vs edited =====
--- 1.10/drivers/input/joystick/Kconfig 2005-01-27 02:13:43 -05:00
+++ edited/drivers/input/joystick/Kconfig 2005-01-29 22:59:51 -05:00
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
#
# Joystick driver configuration
#
+menu "Joysticks"
+
config INPUT_JOYSTICK
bool "Joysticks"
depends on INPUT
@@ -258,3 +260,4 @@
To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
module will be called joydump.
+endmenu
===== drivers/input/keyboard/Kconfig 1.15 vs edited =====
--- 1.15/drivers/input/keyboard/Kconfig 2004-09-22 01:48:17 -05:00
+++ edited/drivers/input/keyboard/Kconfig 2005-01-29 22:59:34 -05:00
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
#
# Input core configuration
#
+menu "Keyboards"
+
config INPUT_KEYBOARD
bool "Keyboards" if EMBEDDED || !X86
default y
@@ -97,3 +99,5 @@
To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
module will be called amikbd.
+
+endmenu
===== drivers/input/misc/Kconfig 1.11 vs edited =====
--- 1.11/drivers/input/misc/Kconfig 2005-01-15 17:31:06 -05:00
+++ edited/drivers/input/misc/Kconfig 2005-01-29 23:04:17 -05:00
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
#
# Input misc drivers configuration
#
+menu "Miscellaneous devices"
+
config INPUT_MISC
bool "Misc"
depends on INPUT
@@ -49,3 +51,4 @@
To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
module will be called uinput.
+endmenu
===== drivers/input/mouse/Kconfig 1.21 vs edited =====
--- 1.21/drivers/input/mouse/Kconfig 2005-01-15 17:31:06 -05:00
+++ edited/drivers/input/mouse/Kconfig 2005-01-29 23:01:25 -05:00
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
#
# Mouse driver configuration
#
+menu "Mice"
+
config INPUT_MOUSE
bool "Mice"
default y
@@ -129,3 +131,4 @@
described in the source file). This driver also works with the
digitizer (VSXXX-AB) DEC produced.
+endmenu
===== drivers/input/serio/Kconfig 1.21 vs edited =====
--- 1.21/drivers/input/serio/Kconfig 2005-01-04 11:16:51 -05:00
+++ edited/drivers/input/serio/Kconfig 2005-01-29 22:48:56 -05:00
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
#
# Input core configuration
#
+menu "PS/2 and serial port support"
+
config SERIO
- tristate "Serial i/o support" if EMBEDDED || !X86
+ tristate "Serial I/O support" if EMBEDDED || !X86
default y
---help---
Say Yes here if you have any input device that uses serial I/O to
- communicate with the system. This includes the
+ communicate with the system. This includes the
* standard AT keyboard and PS/2 mouse *
as well as serial mice, Sun keyboards, some joysticks and 6dof
devices and more.
@@ -19,8 +21,7 @@
config SERIO_I8042
tristate "i8042 PC Keyboard controller" if EMBEDDED || !X86
default y
- select SERIO
- depends on !PARISC && (!ARM || ARCH_SHARK || FOOTBRIDGE_HOST) && !M68K
+ depends on SERIO && !PARISC && (!ARM || ARCH_SHARK || FOOTBRIDGE_HOST)
&& !M68K
---help---
i8042 is the chip over which the standard AT keyboard and PS/2
mouse are connected to the computer. If you use these devices,
@@ -156,3 +157,5 @@
To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
module will be called serio_raw.
+
+endmenu
===== drivers/input/touchscreen/Kconfig 1.4 vs edited =====
--- 1.4/drivers/input/touchscreen/Kconfig 2003-09-24 22:34:24 -05:00
+++ edited/drivers/input/touchscreen/Kconfig 2005-01-29 23:00:16 -05:00
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
#
# Mouse driver configuration
#
+menu "Touchscreens"
+
config INPUT_TOUCHSCREEN
bool "Touchscreens"
depends on INPUT
@@ -35,3 +37,4 @@
To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
module will be called gunze.
+endmenu
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