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| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/hid/Kconfig | 17 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/usb/input/Kconfig | 6 |
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/hid/Kconfig b/drivers/hid/Kconfig index 1ccc222a9d0d..ec796ad087df 100644 --- a/drivers/hid/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/hid/Kconfig @@ -9,11 +9,18 @@ config HID depends on INPUT default y ---help--- - Say Y here if you want generic HID support to connect keyboards, - mice, joysticks, graphic tablets, or any other HID based devices - to your computer. You also need to select particular types of - HID devices you want to compile support for, in the particular - driver menu (USB, Bluetooth) + A human interface device (HID) is a type of computer device that + interacts directly with and takes input from humans. The term "HID" + most commonly used to refer to the USB-HID specification, but other + devices (such as, but not strictly limited to, Bluetooth) are + designed using HID specification (this involves certain keyboards, + mice, tablets, etc). This option compiles into kernel the generic + HID layer code (parser, usages, etc.), which can then be used by + transport-specific HID implementation (like USB or Bluetooth). + + For docs and specs, see http://www.usb.org/developers/hidpage/ + + If unsure, say Y endmenu diff --git a/drivers/usb/input/Kconfig b/drivers/usb/input/Kconfig index f877cd4f317a..258a5d09d3dc 100644 --- a/drivers/usb/input/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/usb/input/Kconfig @@ -12,10 +12,8 @@ config USB_HID ---help--- Say Y here if you want full HID support to connect USB keyboards, mice, joysticks, graphic tablets, or any other HID based devices - to your computer via USB. You also need to select HID Input layer - support (below) if you want to use keyboards, mice, joysticks and - the like ... as well as Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) and - monitor control devices. + to your computer via USB, as well as Uninterruptible Power Supply + (UPS) and monitor control devices. You can't use this driver and the HIDBP (Boot Protocol) keyboard and mouse drivers at the same time. More information is available: |