From: Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@ucw.cz>
To: Dave Jones <davej@codemonkey.org.uk>,
OverrideX <overridex@punkass.com>,
vojtech@suse.cz, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.5.70 hangs on boot
Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2003 10:54:12 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030614105412.B12208@ucw.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20030613221922.GA11121@suse.de>; from davej@codemonkey.org.uk on Fri, Jun 13, 2003 at 11:19:22PM +0100
On Fri, Jun 13, 2003 at 11:19:22PM +0100, Dave Jones wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 14, 2003 at 12:12:09AM +0200, Vojtech Pavlik wrote:
>
> > > This really wants fixing badly. The source of this problem seems to be
> > > people taking 2.4 configs (where CONFIG_INPUT=m was fine), and it all
> > > going pear-shaped when people make oldconfig. I'm aware of the problems
> > > that oldconfig can't override variables set in .config, so how about
> > > just renaming CONFIG_INPUT to something else ?
> >
> > I'm considering CONFIG_INPUT_ADVANCED, which would default to 'n', like
> > with the font and parition config and if set to 'n', all the modules
> > needed for 2.4 functional compatibility would be automatically built in.
> > What do you think?
>
> I don't see how this helps the situation. CONFIG_INPUT=m from a 2.4
> config will still make CONFIG_VT not show up in the 2.5 config.
I was thinking this:
if CONFIG_INPUT_ADVANCED
config INPUT_MOUSEDEV
tristate "Mouse interface"
default y
depends on INPUT
config INPUT_MOUSEDEV_PSAUX
bool "Provide legacy /dev/psaux device"
default y
depends on INPUT_MOUSEDEV
else
config INPUT_MOUSEDEV
tristate
default y
config INPUT_MOUSEDEV_PSAUX
bool
default y
endif
Same for CONFIG_VT and the other stuff that needs to be there to be
working. CONFIG_INPUT_ADVANCED is in no 2.4 kernel config and thus will
be 'n' for unsuspecting people doing 'make oldconfig'.
Then the Kconfig will define all the VT and INPUT and SERIO stuff to 'y'
without asking.
--
Vojtech Pavlik
SuSE Labs, SuSE CR
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-06-14 8:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-06-13 1:08 2.5.70 hangs on boot OverrideX
2003-06-13 21:49 ` Dave Jones
2003-06-13 22:12 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2003-06-13 22:19 ` Dave Jones
2003-06-14 8:54 ` Vojtech Pavlik [this message]
2003-06-14 8:57 ` OverrideX
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