Input: add skeleton for simple polled devices

input-polldev provides a skeleton for supporting simple input
devices that need to be periodically scanned or polled to
detect changes in their state.

Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@mail.ru>

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/input/misc/Kconfig b/drivers/input/misc/Kconfig
index 56941155ec87..696c9609d714 100644
--- a/drivers/input/misc/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/input/misc/Kconfig
@@ -90,6 +90,17 @@ config INPUT_UINPUT
           To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
           module will be called uinput.
 
+config INPUT_POLLDEV
+        tristate "Polled input device skeleton"
+        help
+          Say Y here if you are using a driver for an input
+          device that periodically polls hardware state. This
+          option is only useful for out-of-tree drivers since
+          in-tree drivers select it automatically.
+
+          To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
+          module will be called input-polldev.
+
 config HP_SDC_RTC
         tristate "HP SDC Real Time Clock"
         depends on GSC || HP300