HID: add hidraw interface

[linux-2.6-omap-h63xx.git] / drivers / hid / Kconfig

diff --git a/drivers/hid/Kconfig b/drivers/hid/Kconfig
index 3b63b0b7812206e643fb0cc73b1070bc65e84cca..cacf89e65af4d9f96b1785c873b6f76b384775c3 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/hid/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/hid/Kconfig
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ menuconfig HID_SUPPORT
        bool "HID Devices"
        depends on INPUT
        default y
+       ---help---
+         Say Y here to get to see options for various computer-human interface
+         device drivers. This option alone does not add any kernel code.
+
+         If you say N, all options in this submenu will be skipped and disabled.
 
 if HID_SUPPORT
 
@@ -41,6 +46,25 @@ config HID_DEBUG
 
        If unsure, say N
 
+config HIDRAW
+       bool "/dev/hidraw raw HID device support"
+       depends on HID
+       ---help---
+       Say Y here if you want to support HID devices (from the USB
+       specification standpoint) that aren't strictly user interface
+       devices, like monitor controls and Uninterruptable Power Supplies.
+
+       This module supports these devices separately using a separate
+       event interface on /dev/hidraw.
+
+       There is also a /dev/hiddev configuration option in the USB HID
+       configuration menu. In comparison to hiddev, this device does not process
+       the hid events at all (no parsing, no lookups). This lets applications
+       to work on raw hid events when they want to, and avoid using transport-specific
+       userspace libhid/libusb libraries.
+
+       If unsure, say Y.
+
 source "drivers/hid/usbhid/Kconfig"
 
 endif # HID_SUPPORT