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author | David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org> | 2007-08-23 10:43:14 +0100 |
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committer | David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org> | 2007-08-23 10:43:14 +0100 |
commit | ac0c955d5048c2c580fa7166a89133f0fd76c125 (patch) | |
tree | 041ac4fb544c7244a1a0b35c8ceabc142d5645c1 /drivers/misc/Kconfig | |
parent | 68d09b1b6780415d82160f6b6d88e82bd724e691 (diff) | |
parent | b377fd3982ad957c796758a90e2988401a884241 (diff) | |
download | linux-ac0c955d5048c2c580fa7166a89133f0fd76c125.tar.bz2 |
Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/misc/Kconfig')
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1 files changed, 20 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/misc/Kconfig b/drivers/misc/Kconfig index aaaa61ea4217..a26655881e6a 100644 --- a/drivers/misc/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/misc/Kconfig @@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ menuconfig MISC_DEVICES bool "Misc devices" default y + ---help--- + Say Y here to get to see options for device drivers from various + different categories. This option alone does not add any kernel code. + + If you say N, all options in this submenu will be skipped and disabled. if MISC_DEVICES @@ -200,14 +205,22 @@ config THINKPAD_ACPI_BAY config THINKPAD_ACPI_INPUT_ENABLED bool "Enable input layer support by default" depends on THINKPAD_ACPI - default y + default n ---help--- - Enables hot key handling over the input layer by default. If unset, - the driver does not enable any hot key handling by default, and also - starts up with a mostly empty keymap. - - If you are not sure, say Y here. Say N to retain the deprecated - behavior of ibm-acpi, and thinkpad-acpi for kernels up to 2.6.21. + This option enables thinkpad-acpi hot key handling over the input + layer at driver load time. When it is unset, the driver does not + enable hot key handling by default, and also starts up with a mostly + empty keymap. + + This option should be enabled if you have a new enough HAL or other + userspace support that properly handles the thinkpad-acpi event + device. It auto-tunes the hot key support to those reported by the + firmware and enables it automatically. + + If unsure, say N here to retain the old behaviour of ibm-acpi, and + thinkpad-acpi up to kernel 2.6.21: userspace will have to enable and + set up the thinkpad-acpi hot key handling using the sysfs interace + after loading the driver. endif # MISC_DEVICES |