linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging/comedi: new Kconfig and Makefiles, drivers grouped by bustype.

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Date:	Fri, 14 May 2010 12:01:42 -0700
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Alexander Kurz <linux@...la.de>
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>,
	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>,
	Frank Mori Hess <fmhess@...rs.sourceforge.net>,
	Ian Abbott <abbotti@....co.uk>,
	Dominik Brodowski <linux@...inikbrodowski.net>,
	devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging/comedi: new Kconfig and Makefiles, drivers
 grouped by bustype.

On Sat, May 08, 2010 at 12:21:45PM +0400, Alexander Kurz wrote:
> This is a new Kconfig and Makefikes for staging/comedi.
> The drivers are sorted now alphabetically in sub-menus
> depending on the bustype.
> I did some basiy dependancy tests, but there still may
> be a lot that I missed.
> 
> >From c53596606230a4a8ee7dd76b48cf6b10a059e8f7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Alexander Kurz <linux@...babel.org>
> Date: Fri, 7 May 2010 22:46:17 +0200
> Subject: [PATCH] staging/comedi: new Kconfig and Makefiles, drivers grouped by bustype.
>  PC/104-drivers went into ISA,
>  PC/104+ went into PCI,
>  Drivers without a bustype went into "misc".
>  In doubt drivers supporting both ISA/PCI went into PCI.
>  Drivers without any detailed hardware info went into ISA, e.g. fl512.c
>  Some NI drivers are used by other NI drivers from different bustypes
>  are grouped seperately in NI_COMMON.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Kurz <linux@...babel.org>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/comedi/Kconfig             | 1274 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/Makefile    |  245 +++---
>  drivers/staging/comedi/kcomedilib/Makefile |    2 +-

Wow.  Is this something that we really want?  That's a lot of new
Kconfig options, and while it seems like it makes sense, I would like to
get the comedi developers opinion here.

Frank?  Ian?

thanks,

greg k-h
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