| Message ID | 20161229180731.GA5321@dtor-ws (mailing list archive) |
|---|---|
| State | New, archived |
| Headers | show |
On Thu, 29 Dec 2016, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > Evdev interface has been available for many years and by now everyone > is switched to using it, so let's stop offering /dev/input/mouseN > and /dev/psaux by default. > > Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> Makes sense to me. Acked-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz> Thanks,
On 30/12/2016 04:07 , Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > Evdev interface has been available for many years and by now everyone > is switched to using it, so let's stop offering /dev/input/mouseN > and /dev/psaux by default. > > Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> Acked-by: Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@who-t.net> Cheers, Peter > --- > drivers/input/Kconfig | 3 --- > 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/input/Kconfig b/drivers/input/Kconfig > index 6261874..ff80377 100644 > --- a/drivers/input/Kconfig > +++ b/drivers/input/Kconfig > @@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ comment "Userland interfaces" > > config INPUT_MOUSEDEV > tristate "Mouse interface" > - default y > help > Say Y here if you want your mouse to be accessible as char devices > 13:32+ - /dev/input/mouseX and 13:63 - /dev/input/mice as an > @@ -109,7 +108,6 @@ config INPUT_MOUSEDEV > > config INPUT_MOUSEDEV_PSAUX > bool "Provide legacy /dev/psaux device" > - default y > depends on INPUT_MOUSEDEV > help > Say Y here if you want your mouse also be accessible as char device > @@ -118,7 +116,6 @@ config INPUT_MOUSEDEV_PSAUX > > If unsure, say Y. > > - > config INPUT_MOUSEDEV_SCREEN_X > int "Horizontal screen resolution" > depends on INPUT_MOUSEDEV > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-input" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
On Thu 29. December 2016 19:07 Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > Evdev interface has been available for many years and by now everyone > is switched to using it, so let's stop offering /dev/input/mouseN > and /dev/psaux by default. Hi! There is one exception: gpm. Without /dev/input/mice it did not work correctly and IIRC gpm daemon is only one present in linux distributions for mouse support in linux console mode (ctrl+alt+f1). Disabling /dev/input/mice by default will lead to broken or non-working gpm.
On Dec 29 2016 or thereabouts, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > Evdev interface has been available for many years and by now everyone > is switched to using it, so let's stop offering /dev/input/mouseN > and /dev/psaux by default. > > Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> Makes sense to me Acked-by: Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@redhat.com> Cheers, Benjamin > --- > drivers/input/Kconfig | 3 --- > 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/input/Kconfig b/drivers/input/Kconfig > index 6261874..ff80377 100644 > --- a/drivers/input/Kconfig > +++ b/drivers/input/Kconfig > @@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ comment "Userland interfaces" > > config INPUT_MOUSEDEV > tristate "Mouse interface" > - default y > help > Say Y here if you want your mouse to be accessible as char devices > 13:32+ - /dev/input/mouseX and 13:63 - /dev/input/mice as an > @@ -109,7 +108,6 @@ config INPUT_MOUSEDEV > > config INPUT_MOUSEDEV_PSAUX > bool "Provide legacy /dev/psaux device" > - default y > depends on INPUT_MOUSEDEV > help > Say Y here if you want your mouse also be accessible as char device > @@ -118,7 +116,6 @@ config INPUT_MOUSEDEV_PSAUX > > If unsure, say Y. > > - > config INPUT_MOUSEDEV_SCREEN_X > int "Horizontal screen resolution" > depends on INPUT_MOUSEDEV > -- > 2.8.0.rc3.226.g39d4020 > > > -- > Dmitry -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-input" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
diff --git a/drivers/input/Kconfig b/drivers/input/Kconfig index 6261874..ff80377 100644 --- a/drivers/input/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/input/Kconfig @@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ comment "Userland interfaces" config INPUT_MOUSEDEV tristate "Mouse interface" - default y help Say Y here if you want your mouse to be accessible as char devices 13:32+ - /dev/input/mouseX and 13:63 - /dev/input/mice as an @@ -109,7 +108,6 @@ config INPUT_MOUSEDEV config INPUT_MOUSEDEV_PSAUX bool "Provide legacy /dev/psaux device" - default y depends on INPUT_MOUSEDEV help Say Y here if you want your mouse also be accessible as char device @@ -118,7 +116,6 @@ config INPUT_MOUSEDEV_PSAUX If unsure, say Y. - config INPUT_MOUSEDEV_SCREEN_X int "Horizontal screen resolution" depends on INPUT_MOUSEDEV
Evdev interface has been available for many years and by now everyone is switched to using it, so let's stop offering /dev/input/mouseN and /dev/psaux by default. Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> --- drivers/input/Kconfig | 3 --- 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)