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Date:	Mon, 23 May 2011 08:15:48 -0700
From:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
To:	Mike Waychison <mikew@...gle.com>
CC:	linux-next@...r.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	gregkh <greg@...ah.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -next] firmware: fix GOOGLE_SMI kconfig dependency warning

On 05/22/11 22:39, Mike Waychison wrote:
> 
> On May 22, 2011 5:38 PM, "Randy Dunlap" <randy.dunlap@...cle.com
> <mailto:randy.dunlap@...cle.com>> wrote:
>>
>> From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com
> <mailto:randy.dunlap@...cle.com>>
>>
>> Is it meaningful/useful to enable EFI_VARS but not EFI?
>> That's what GOOGLE_SMI does.  Make it enable EFI also.
>>
>> Fixes this kconfig dependency warning:
>>
>> warning: (GOOGLE_SMI) selects EFI_VARS which has unmet direct
> dependencies (EFI)
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com
> <mailto:randy.dunlap@...cle.com>>
>> Cc: Mike Waychison <mikew@...gle.com <mailto:mikew@...gle.com>>
> 
> Acked.
> 
> Is this a new warning?  I haven't seen it before which is weird because
> we don't use efi boot.

It's not new for 20110520, but I don't know when it began.

>> ---
>>  drivers/firmware/google/Kconfig |    1 +
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>>
>> --- linux-next-20110520.orig/drivers/firmware/google/Kconfig
>> +++ linux-next-20110520/drivers/firmware/google/Kconfig
>> @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ menu "Google Firmware Drivers"
>>  config GOOGLE_SMI
>>        tristate "SMI interface for Google platforms"
>>        depends on ACPI && DMI
>> +       select EFI
>>        select EFI_VARS
>>        help
>>          Say Y here if you want to enable SMI callbacks for Google
> 


-- 
~Randy
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