Re: [PATCH] macintosh/mac_hid.c: don't load by default

From: Dmitry Torokhov
Date: Mon Nov 14 2022 - 13:33:40 EST


Hi Thomas,

On Sun, Nov 13, 2022 at 04:30:22AM +0100, Thomas Weißschuh wrote:
> There should be no need to automatically load this driver on *all*
> machines with a keyboard.
>
> This driver is of very limited utility and has to be enabled by the user
> explicitly anyway.
> Furthermore its own header comment has deprecated it for 17 years.

I think if someone does not need a driver they can either not enable it
or blacklist it in /etc/modprobe.d/... There is no need to break
module loading in the kernel.

>
> Fixes: 99b089c3c38a ("Input: Mac button emulation - implement as an input filter")
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/macintosh/mac_hid.c | 2 --
> 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/macintosh/mac_hid.c b/drivers/macintosh/mac_hid.c
> index d8c4d5664145..d01d28890db4 100644
> --- a/drivers/macintosh/mac_hid.c
> +++ b/drivers/macintosh/mac_hid.c
> @@ -149,8 +149,6 @@ static const struct input_device_id mac_hid_emumouse_ids[] = {
> { },
> };
>
> -MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(input, mac_hid_emumouse_ids);
> -
> static struct input_handler mac_hid_emumouse_handler = {
> .filter = mac_hid_emumouse_filter,
> .connect = mac_hid_emumouse_connect,
>
> base-commit: fef7fd48922d11b22620e19f9c9101647bfe943d
> --
> 2.38.1
>

Thanks.

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Dmitry