[PATCH 2/2] UBUNTU: [Config] build-in uinput module

Tim Gardner tim.gardner at canonical.com
Wed Aug 18 13:05:49 UTC 2010


On 08/18/2010 03:54 AM, Jeremy Kerr wrote:
> The bluetooth userspace tools can use /dev/uinput to report events
> from bluetooth input devices (eg volume up/down controls on a BT
> headset).
>
> However, the uinput module is not loaded automatically, as there is no
> physical device to match on. Consequently, we don't have the uinput
> device node present when the bluetooth daemon starts, and no synthesized
> BT events are reported.
>
> Instead of compiling uinput as a module, this change builds it into the
> kernel, so it is always available.
>
> BugLink: http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/584812
>
> Signed-off-by: Jeremy Kerr<jeremy.kerr at canonical.com>
>
> ---
>   debian.master/config/config.common.ports  |    2 +-
>   debian.master/config/config.common.ubuntu |    2 +-
>   2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/debian.master/config/config.common.ports b/debian.master/config/config.common.ports
> index a983a52..95bb3c8 100644
> --- a/debian.master/config/config.common.ports
> +++ b/debian.master/config/config.common.ports
> @@ -1515,7 +1515,7 @@ CONFIG_INPUT_TWL4030_PWRBUTTON=m
>   CONFIG_INPUT_TWL4030_VIBRA=m
>   CONFIG_INPUT_WM831X_ON=m
>   CONFIG_INPUT_YEALINK=m
> -CONFIG_INPUT_UINPUT=m
> +CONFIG_INPUT_UINPUT=y
>   CONFIG_IOMMU_API=y
>   CONFIG_IOMMU_HELPER=y
>   CONFIG_IOSAPIC=y
> diff --git a/debian.master/config/config.common.ubuntu b/debian.master/config/config.common.ubuntu
> index 9e40bac..7a84e2b 100644
> --- a/debian.master/config/config.common.ubuntu
> +++ b/debian.master/config/config.common.ubuntu
> @@ -1966,7 +1966,7 @@ CONFIG_INPUT_SPARSEKMAP=m
>   CONFIG_INPUT_TABLET=y
>   CONFIG_INPUT_TWL4030_PWRBUTTON=m
>   CONFIG_INPUT_TWL4030_VIBRA=m
> -CONFIG_INPUT_UINPUT=m
> +CONFIG_INPUT_UINPUT=y
>   CONFIG_INPUT_WINBOND_CIR=m
>   CONFIG_INPUT_WISTRON_BTNS=m
>   CONFIG_INPUT_WM831X_ON=m
>

Again, the implication is that this patch is for Maverick. Should this 
config option be added to the enforcer so we don't lose it in subsequent 
releases?

Acked-by: Tim Gardner <tim.gardner at canonical.com>

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Tim Gardner tim.gardner at canonical.com




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