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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org> | 2007-08-12 02:58:23 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org> | 2007-08-12 02:58:23 -0700 |
| commit | 963c6527e0a0e285736ad482b8142d098f9c2288 (patch) | |
| tree | 00016d016fbddc66cf4855d1a46657c8788d3840 /drivers/misc/Kconfig | |
| parent | c1502e28346fd3b9955ce654c96212c4748d900d (diff) | |
| parent | 4e54e9f4423a86aa21b70cb9d339cb09f275188f (diff) | |
Merge branch 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6
* 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6: (28 commits)
ACPI: thermal: add DMI hooks to handle AOpen's broken Award BIOS
ACPI: thermal: create "thermal.act=" to disable or override active trip point
ACPI: thermal: create "thermal.nocrt" to disable critical actions
ACPI: thermal: create "thermal.psv=" to override passive trip points
ACPI: thermal: expose "thermal.tzp=" to set global polling frequency
ACPI: thermal: create "thermal.off=1" to disable ACPI thermal support
ACPI: thinkpad-acpi: fix sysfs paths in documentation
ACPI: static
ACPI EC: remove potential deadlock from EC
ACPI: dock: Send key=value pair instead of plain value
ACPI: bay: send envp with uevent - fix
acpi-cpufreq: Fix some x86/x86-64 acpi-cpufreq driver issues
ACPI: fix "Time Problems with 2.6.23-rc1-gf695baf2"
ACPI: thinkpad-acpi: change thinkpad-acpi input default and kconfig help
ACPI: EC: fix run-together printk lines
ACPI: sbs: remove dead code
ACPI: EC: acpi_ec_remove(): fix use-after-free
ACPI: EC: Switch from boot_ec as soon as we find its desc in DSDT.
ACPI: EC: fix build warning
ACPI: EC: If ECDT is not found, look up EC in DSDT.
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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/misc/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/misc/Kconfig | 22 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/misc/Kconfig b/drivers/misc/Kconfig index aaaa61ea421..518d5d33546 100644 --- a/drivers/misc/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/misc/Kconfig @@ -200,14 +200,22 @@ config THINKPAD_ACPI_BAY config THINKPAD_ACPI_INPUT_ENABLED bool "Enable input layer support by default" depends on THINKPAD_ACPI - default y + default n ---help--- - Enables hot key handling over the input layer by default. If unset, - the driver does not enable any hot key handling by default, and also - starts up with a mostly empty keymap. - - If you are not sure, say Y here. Say N to retain the deprecated - behavior of ibm-acpi, and thinkpad-acpi for kernels up to 2.6.21. + This option enables thinkpad-acpi hot key handling over the input + layer at driver load time. When it is unset, the driver does not + enable hot key handling by default, and also starts up with a mostly + empty keymap. + + This option should be enabled if you have a new enough HAL or other + userspace support that properly handles the thinkpad-acpi event + device. It auto-tunes the hot key support to those reported by the + firmware and enables it automatically. + + If unsure, say N here to retain the old behaviour of ibm-acpi, and + thinkpad-acpi up to kernel 2.6.21: userspace will have to enable and + set up the thinkpad-acpi hot key handling using the sysfs interace + after loading the driver. endif # MISC_DEVICES |