Re: CONFIG_USB_HID vs. CONFIG_USB_HIDINPUT

[Vojtech Pavlik]

On Tue, Jun 15, 2004 at 02:07:05PM +0000, Karel Kulhavý wrote:
> Hello
> 
> When I enable CONFIG_USB_HID and not enable CONFIG_USB_HIDINPUT in 2.4.25, will
> I get something different from when I don't enable neither of them?
> 
> The <Help> says basically the same about both: that they control
> "keyboards, mice, joysticks, graphics tablets, or any other HID based devices"
> (CONFIG_USB_HID)
> "keyboard, mouse or joystick or any other HID input device"
> (CONFIG_USB_HIDINPUT)
> 
> I assume
> 1) it doesn't matter if "keyboard" or "keyboards" is in the <Help>
> 2) graphics tablets are assumed to be "any other HID input devices".

In that case you get the HID driver, but you won't get the Input
binding, so the devices will be detected, but won't be accessible by the
common means (keyboard through console, mouse via /dev/input/mice,
etc.). They still will be accessible via HIDDEV, if you enable that.

Enabling HID without either HIDINPUT or HIDDEV is pointless.

-- 
Vojtech Pavlik
SuSE Labs, SuSE CR
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