Subject: Re: Some questions about the new input layer
From: Iain Stevenson (iain@IainStevenson.com)
Date: Tue Feb 20 2001 - 11:09:06 MST
Riccardo,
on 19/2/01 11:57 pm, Riccardo Gusso at grick@tiscalinet.it wrote:
> I am trying to compile kernel 2.2.18 in which there is the new input layer,
> but I have some difficulties to understand which are the correct setting in
> .config for using it.
I had similar problems - it seems as though the USB stuff was not totally
integrated into 2.2.18. I needed to enable it even though I have no USB
devices.
> I haven't yet understood if these are the correct settings to use the new
> input layer (and, consequently, which are the correct ones NOT to use it).
I've attached the config settings I'm using at the end - I'm currently
running a 2.4.2 kernel but I did not change anything going from 2.2.18.
>
> but I can see "mouse" in my /dev directory.
>
.. but do you have /dev/input/mice? There's documentation on how to create
this out there somewhere.
Iain
#
# USB support
#
CONFIG_USB=y
CONFIG_USB_DEBUG=y
CONFIG_USB_DEVICEFS=y
# CONFIG_USB_BANDWIDTH is not set
# CONFIG_USB_UHCI is not set
# CONFIG_USB_UHCI_ALT is not set
CONFIG_USB_OHCI=y
# CONFIG_USB_AUDIO is not set
# CONFIG_USB_BLUETOOTH is not set
# CONFIG_USB_STORAGE is not set
# CONFIG_USB_ACM is not set
# CONFIG_USB_PRINTER is not set
CONFIG_USB_HID=y
# CONFIG_USB_WACOM is not set
# CONFIG_USB_DC2XX is not set
# CONFIG_USB_MDC800 is not set
# CONFIG_USB_SCANNER is not set
# CONFIG_USB_MICROTEK is not set
# CONFIG_USB_IBMCAM is not set
# CONFIG_USB_OV511 is not set
# CONFIG_USB_DSBR is not set
# CONFIG_USB_DABUSB is not set
# CONFIG_USB_PLUSB is not set
# CONFIG_USB_PEGASUS is not set
# CONFIG_USB_NET1080 is not set
# CONFIG_USB_USS720 is not set
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