Input: add userio module

Debugging input devices, specifically laptop touchpads, can be tricky
without having the physical device handy. Here we try to remedy that
with userio. This module allows an application to connect to a character
device provided by the kernel, and emulate any serio device. In
combination with userspace programs that can record PS/2 devices and
replay them through the /dev/userio device, this allows developers to
debug driver issues on the PS/2 level with devices simply by requesting
a recording from the user experiencing the issue without having to have
the physical hardware in front of them.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Chandler Paul <cpaul@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: David Herrmann <dh.herrmann@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/input/serio/Kconfig b/drivers/input/serio/Kconfig
index 200841b77edb..c3d05b4d3118 100644
--- a/drivers/input/serio/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/input/serio/Kconfig
@@ -292,4 +292,18 @@ config SERIO_SUN4I_PS2
 	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
 	  module will be called sun4i-ps2.
 
+config USERIO
+	tristate "User space serio port driver support"
+	help
+	  Say Y here if you want to support user level drivers for serio
+	  subsystem accessible under char device 10:240 - /dev/userio. Using
+	  this facility userspace programs can implement serio ports that
+	  will be used by the standard in-kernel serio consumer drivers,
+	  such as psmouse and atkbd.
+
+	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be
+	  called userio.
+
+	  If you are unsure, say N.
+
 endif