linux-kernel - [PATCH] THERMAL must not select HWMON

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Date:	Fri, 14 Mar 2008 19:37:58 +0100
From:	Bastian Blank <bastian@...di.eu.org>
To:	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>
Cc:	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@...el.com>
Subject: [PATCH] THERMAL must not select HWMON

On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 11:21:12AM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:

[ select forces HWMON to yes even if deps are never applicable ]

> Yes, that's a known & longstanding problem (that select does not
> follow/honor dependencies).

Okay.

So THERMAL can't select HWMON, instead it needs to do a proper depends.

Bastian

Signed-off-by: Bastian Blank <waldi@...ian.org>
Cc: Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@...el.com>

diff --git a/drivers/thermal/Kconfig b/drivers/thermal/Kconfig
index 3ab313e..394912c 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/thermal/Kconfig
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 menuconfig THERMAL
 	bool "Generic Thermal sysfs driver"
-	select HWMON
+	depends on HWMON
 	default y
 	help
 	  Generic Thermal Sysfs driver offers a generic mechanism for
-- 
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