[parisc-linux] Re: No PS2 keyboard/mouse on B132L, 2.6.[34]

[Helge Deller]

On Sunday 14 March 2004 08:37, Martin Schulze wrote:
> > In the latest 2.6 kernel series, we switched from a parisc-only
> > PS/2 mouse/keyboard driver to the standard linux kernel PS/2
> > mouse keyboard drivers.
> 
> Makes sense.  However, would it be useful to add this to the config
> help texts?  Same for the dependency of a HIL mouse to the MOUSE_PS2,
> if HIL always takes PS/2 mice.  I know this is not the case in general,
> since my 425 uses HIL but doesn't use PS/2, but then again, it's m68k
> and not parisc.  However, it may be the case on PA-RISC, I don't know.
> In that case it may make sense to rearrange the ordering and move
> MOUSE_HIL up so it can pre-select MOUSE_PS2.
> 
> Anyway, here's a short improvement for the MOUSE_PS2 help text:
> 
> --- Kconfig.orig	Sun Mar 14 08:27:51 2004
> +++ Kconfig	Sun Mar 14 08:31:18 2004
> @@ -22,7 +22,8 @@
>  	  Say Y here if you have a PS/2 mouse connected to your system. This
>  	  includes the standard 2 or 3-button PS/2 mouse, as well as PS/2
>  	  mice with wheels and extra buttons, Microsoft, Logitech or Genius
> -	  compatible.
> +	  compatible. This also includes a PS/2 mouse connected to your HIL
> +	  hub on PA-RISC.
>  
>  	  Synaptics TouchPad users might be interested in a specialized
>  	  XFree86 driver at:

Hi Joey

I don't know if this makes sense to be too verbose here....
"...a PS/2 mouse connected to your system..." looks pretty ok, independed
if it is connected to a HIL hub or not.

Helge