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| -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 aaaa61ea4217..518d5d335464 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 |