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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/hid/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/hid/Kconfig | 18 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/hid/Kconfig b/drivers/hid/Kconfig index 96d4a0bb2203..ec796ad087df 100644 --- a/drivers/hid/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/hid/Kconfig @@ -6,13 +6,21 @@ menu "HID Devices" config HID tristate "Generic HID support" + 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 |