L.S., Even after removing all LED referneces from .config, a `make oldconfig` leads to:
* * LED Support * LED Support (NEW_LEDS) [Y/?] (NEW) y LED Class Support (LEDS_CLASS) [M/y/?] (NEW) n Where 'n' is not a valid choice. So why is this LED thing forced upon us and how do we get rid of it? Or else please explain how to make this work on a Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. X570 AORUS PRO... Kind regards, Udo On 13-10-2020 11:24, Udo van den Heuvel wrote: > Hello, > > While looking at the 5.9 kernel config I noticed there is no easy way to > disable LED support in general. > There's this NEW_LEDS thing that is not shown, etc. > So I get: > > # make oldconfig > scripts/kconfig/conf --oldconfig Kconfig > * > * Restart config... > * > * > * LED Support > * > LED Support (NEW_LEDS) [Y/?] (NEW) y > LED Class Support (LEDS_CLASS) [M/y/?] (NEW) n > > CONFIG_LEDS_CLASS: > > This option enables the LED sysfs class in /sys/class/leds. You'll > need this to do anything useful with LEDs. If unsure, say N. > > Symbol: LEDS_CLASS [=m] > Type : tristate > Defined at drivers/leds/Kconfig:17 > Prompt: LED Class Support > Depends on: NEW_LEDS [=y] > Location: > -> Device Drivers > -> LED Support (NEW_LEDS [=y]) > Selected by [m]: > - SND_HDA_GENERIC [=m] && SOUND [=y] && !UML && SND [=m] && SND_HDA > [=m] && SND_HDA_GENERIC_LEDS [=y] > Selected by [n]: > - TS5500 [=n] && X86_32 [=n] && MELAN [=n] > - ADB_PMU_LED [=n] && MACINTOSH_DRIVERS [=n] && PPC_PMAC && ADB_PMU [=n] > - ATH5K [=n] && NETDEVICES [=y] && WLAN [=n] && WLAN_VENDOR_ATH [=n] > && (PCI [=y] || ATH25) && MAC80211 [=n] > - ATH9K [=n] && NETDEVICES [=y] && WLAN [=n] && WLAN_VENDOR_ATH [=n] > && MAC80211 [=n] && HAS_DMA [=y] > - ATH9K_HTC [=n] && NETDEVICES [=y] && WLAN [=n] && WLAN_VENDOR_ATH > [=n] && USB [=y] && MAC80211 [=n] > - CARL9170_LEDS [=n] && NETDEVICES [=y] && WLAN [=n] && > WLAN_VENDOR_ATH [=n] && CARL9170 [=n] > - BRCMSMAC [=n] && NETDEVICES [=y] && WLAN [=n] && > WLAN_VENDOR_BROADCOM [=n] && MAC80211 [=n] && BCMA_POSSIBLE [=y] && > BCMA_DRIVER_GPIO [=n] > - IWLEGACY [=n] && NETDEVICES [=y] && WLAN [=n] && WLAN_VENDOR_INTEL [=n] > - INPUT_WISTRON_BTNS [=n] && !UML && INPUT [=y] && INPUT_MISC [=y] && > X86_32 [=n] > - SENSORS_APPLESMC [=n] && HWMON [=y] && INPUT [=y] && X86 [=y] > - IR_REDRAT3 [=n] && RC_DEVICES [=n] && USB_ARCH_HAS_HCD [=y] && > RC_CORE [=n] > - IR_WINBOND_CIR [=n] && RC_DEVICES [=n] && (X86 [=y] && PNP [=y] || > COMPILE_TEST [=n]) && RC_CORE [=n] > - IR_TTUSBIR [=n] && RC_DEVICES [=n] && USB_ARCH_HAS_HCD [=y] && > RC_CORE [=n] > - BACKLIGHT_ADP8860 [=n] && HAS_IOMEM [=y] && BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE > [=y] && I2C [=y] > - BACKLIGHT_ADP8870 [=n] && HAS_IOMEM [=y] && BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE > [=y] && I2C [=y] > - BACKLIGHT_LM3639 [=n] && HAS_IOMEM [=y] && BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE > [=y] && I2C [=y] > - SND_USB_TONEPORT [=n] && SOUND [=y] && !UML && SND [=m] && SND_USB > [=y] && USB [=y] > - HID_LENOVO [=n] && INPUT [=y] && HID [=y] > - HID_WACOM [=n] && INPUT [=y] && HID [=y] && USB_HID [=m] > - HUAWEI_WMI [=n] && X86 [=y] && X86_PLATFORM_DEVICES [=n] && > ACPI_BATTERY [=n] && ACPI_WMI [=n] && INPUT [=y] > - ACER_WMI [=n] && X86 [=y] && X86_PLATFORM_DEVICES [=n] && ACPI [=y] > && BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE [=y] && SERIO_I8042 [=y] && INPUT [=y] && > (RFKILL [=n] || RFKILL [=n]=n) && ACPI_WMI [=n] > - ASUS_LAPTOP [=n] && X86 [=y] && X86_PLATFORM_DEVICES [=n] && ACPI > [=y] && BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE [=y] && INPUT [=y] && (RFKILL [=n] || > RFKILL [=n]=n) && (ACPI_VIDEO [=n] || ACPI_VIDEO [=n]=n) > - ASUS_WIRELESS [=n] && X86 [=y] && X86_PLATFORM_DEVICES [=n] && ACPI > [=y] && INPUT [=y] > - ASUS_WMI [=n] && X86 [=y] && X86_PLATFORM_DEVICES [=n] && ACPI_WMI > [=n] && ACPI_BATTERY [=n] && INPUT [=y] && HWMON [=y] && > BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE [=y] && (RFKILL [=n] || RFKILL [=n]=n) && > HOTPLUG_PCI [=n] && (ACPI_VIDEO [=n] || ACPI_VIDEO [=n]=n) > - EEEPC_LAPTOP [=n] && X86 [=y] && X86_PLATFORM_DEVICES [=n] && ACPI > [=y] && INPUT [=y] && (RFKILL [=n] || RFKILL [=n]=n) && (ACPI_VIDEO [=n] > || ACPI_VIDEO [=n]=n) && HOTPLUG_PCI [=n] && BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE [=y] > - DELL_LAPTOP [=n] && X86 [=y] && X86_PLATFORM_DEVICES [=n] && DMI > [=y] && BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE [=y] && (ACPI_VIDEO [=n] || ACPI_VIDEO > [=n]=n) && (RFKILL [=n] || RFKILL [=n]=n) && SERIO_I8042 [=y] && > DELL_SMBIOS [=n] > - FUJITSU_LAPTOP [=n] && X86 [=y] && X86_PLATFORM_DEVICES [=n] && ACPI > [=y] && INPUT [=y] && BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE [=y] && (ACPI_VIDEO [=n] || > ACPI_VIDEO [=n]=n) > - HP_ACCEL [=n] && X86 [=y] && X86_PLATFORM_DEVICES [=n] && INPUT [=y] > && ACPI [=y] && SERIO_I8042 [=y] > - THINKPAD_ACPI [=n] && X86 [=y] && X86_PLATFORM_DEVICES [=n] && ACPI > [=y] && ACPI_BATTERY [=n] && INPUT [=y] && (RFKILL [=n] || RFKILL > [=n]=n) && (ACPI_VIDEO [=n] || ACPI_VIDEO [=n]=n) && > BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE [=y] > - SAMSUNG_LAPTOP [=n] && X86 [=y] && X86_PLATFORM_DEVICES [=n] && > (RFKILL [=n] || RFKILL [=n]=n) && (ACPI_VIDEO [=n] || ACPI_VIDEO [=n]=n) > && BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE [=y] > - ACPI_TOSHIBA [=n] && X86 [=y] && X86_PLATFORM_DEVICES [=n] && ACPI > [=y] && ACPI_WMI [=n] && BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE [=y] && INPUT [=y] && > (SERIO_I8042 [=y] || SERIO_I8042 [=y]=n) && (ACPI_VIDEO [=n] || > ACPI_VIDEO [=n]=n) && (RFKILL [=n] || RFKILL [=n]=n) && IIO [=n] > - LG_LAPTOP [=n] && X86 [=y] && X86_PLATFORM_DEVICES [=n] && ACPI [=y] > && ACPI_WMI [=n] && INPUT [=y] > - SYSTEM76_ACPI [=n] && X86 [=y] && X86_PLATFORM_DEVICES [=n] && ACPI [=y] > - TOPSTAR_LAPTOP [=n] && X86 [=y] && X86_PLATFORM_DEVICES [=n] && ACPI > [=y] && INPUT [=y] > > > And there is no 'n' option. None of the devices as dependencies (on the > left) are enabled. > SND_HDA_GENERIC_LEDS is automagically enabled and disabling it via vi is > no option. > So how do I disable this stuff? > > Kind regards, > Udo >