Re: [PATCH] Input: mousedev - stop offering PS/2 to userspace by default

From	Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@redhat.com>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH] Input: mousedev - stop offering PS/2 to userspace by default
Date	2017-01-02 10:50 +0100
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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

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[PATCH] Input: mousedev - stop offering PS/2 to userspace by default Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> - 2016-12-29 19:10 +0100
  Re: [PATCH] Input: mousedev - stop offering PS/2 to userspace by  default Jiri Kosina <jikos@kernel.org> - 2016-12-29 20:10 +0100
  Re: [PATCH] Input: mousedev - stop offering PS/2 to userspace by  default Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@who-t.net> - 2016-12-30 02:30 +0100
  Re: [PATCH] Input: mousedev - stop offering PS/2 to userspace by  default Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@redhat.com> - 2017-01-02 10:50 +0100

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