linux-kernel - Re: Linux 2.6.26-rc1

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Date:	Sun, 4 May 2008 14:56:14 +0100
From:	Alistair John Strachan <alistair@...zero.co.uk>
To:	Robin Holt <holt@....com>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.26-rc1

On Sunday 04 May 2008 13:30:08 Robin Holt wrote:
> On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 10:53:22PM +0100, Alistair John Strachan wrote:
> > On Saturday 03 May 2008 22:47:38 Alistair John Strachan wrote:
> > > On Saturday 03 May 2008 20:38:20 Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > > > So go out and test it.
> >
> > [snip]
> >
> > > Why is this option acting like CONFIG_EMBEDDED and not like basically
> > > every other subsystem where I can turn ON support for hardware, but by
> > > default it's OFF? (Obviously in my hasty oldconfig run I just went with
> > > the default.)
> >
> > Amazingly, even if I say Y to this option and disable all tuners, it
> > still tries (and fails) to compile this file. What is pulling in this
> > tuner-core dependency?
>
> What if you change CONFIG_MEDIA_TUNER to a 'n'

This isn't a menu-visible option. Your hint does explain why it turns itself 
on, however:

config MEDIA_TUNER
        tristate
        default DVB_CORE || VIDEO_DEV
        depends on DVB_CORE || VIDEO_DEV

I have DVB_CORE=n and VIDEO_DEV=y. VIDEO_DEV is:

config VIDEO_DEV
        tristate "Video For Linux"

So if you enable Video For Linux, the tuner-core is automatically built, even 
if no tuners are selected? Surely that's wrong..

-- 
Cheers,
Alistair.

137/1 Warrender Park Road, Edinburgh, UK.
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