The generic HID driver is obviously not a special driver, so move it outside of the special drivers menu. Explain the usage and make the default follow the HID setting. This should simplify migration from older kernels. Reported-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Henrik Rydberg <rydberg@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- Hi Jiri, As pointed out by Jan Beulich, the generic hid driver Kconfig option is confusing. This patch ought to fix most of the concerns. For 3.5. Thanks, Henrik drivers/hid/Kconfig | 11 ++++++----- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/hid/Kconfig b/drivers/hid/Kconfig index 034c80a..fabf817 100644 --- a/drivers/hid/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/hid/Kconfig @@ -61,21 +61,22 @@ config HIDRAW source "drivers/hid/usbhid/Kconfig" -menu "Special HID drivers" - depends on HID - config HID_GENERIC tristate "Generic HID driver" depends on HID - default y + default HID ---help--- - Support for generic HID devices. + Support for generic devices on the HID bus. This includes most + keyboards and mice, joysticks, tablets and digitizers. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called hid-generic. If unsure, say Y. +menu "Special HID drivers" + depends on HID + config HID_A4TECH tristate "A4 tech mice" if EXPERT depends on USB_HID -- 1.7.10.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-input" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html