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[cyberdork33 <cyberdork33@xxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, I think the the Intrepid driver still needs to depend on usbhid- 
dkms unless they are planning to backport the new module to Intrepid  
(which I doubt).

Can you go ahead and update the hal-applesmc package? It is still  
needed to get the keyboard backlight adjustment working.

On Mar 21, 2009, at 10:00 AM, adamhorden@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> So the dependancy has been removed for the package bcm5974, but is  
> this still required for other series such as Intrepid? If this is  
> the case we still need to depend on usbhid for Intrepid?
>
> I really should stick the new packages I created in the PPA!
>
> Adam
>
> Henrik Rydberg wrote:
> > cyberdork33 wrote:
> >
> > > Someone today said that bcm5974-dkms depends on usbhid-dkms, and  
> > > someone
> > > here has already said that that package was not needed anymore on
> > > jaunty. Can someone look into that?
> >
> > After much testing, the conclusion is that there no longer is any  
> > point
> > for bcm5974 to depend on usbhid or any other external dkms package.  
> > Here
> > is an excerpt from the git log of the just uploaded version:
> >
> > commit 9ef004eb41fe5e2b087d61b00e3963fad97e6332
> > Author: Henrik Rydberg <rydberg@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Date:   Thu Mar 19 02:19:24 2009 +0100
> >
> >    Removed dependency on usbhid
> >
> >    In 2.6.28, the only additional configuration needed is for the new
> >    macbooks using the wellspring3 device. The configuration is  
> > already
> >    upstream, in a stalled commit ac26fca3 which is in hid-core, not
> >    usbhid. Since jaunty comes with hid built in, there is no need or
> >    possibility to use dkms for the configuration, but one must resort
> >    to other methods.
> >
> >    Signed-off-by: Henrik Rydberg <rydberg@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > The "other method" could possibly be to specify a hid quirk
> > on the boot line somehow, or to use some dynamic parameter scheme.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Henrik
>
>
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