linux-kernel - Re: [RFC GIT PULL] nohz: Kconfig layout improvements

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Date:	Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:23:35 +0200
From:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@...era.com>,
	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>,
	Geoff Levand <geoff@...radead.org>,
	Gilad Ben Yossef <gilad@...yossef.com>,
	Hakan Akkan <hakanakkan@...il.com>,
	Kevin Hilman <khilman@...aro.org>,
	Li Zhong <zhong@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung.kim@....com>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>
Subject: Re: [RFC GIT PULL] nohz: Kconfig layout improvements

2013/4/10 Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>:
>> Agreed. I mentioned that in the pull request. It's again due to an
>> arbitrary Kconfig limitation. The following:
>>
>>     config X
>>         select Y
>>
>> doesn't work if Y is part of a Kconfig "choice".
>> I have a patch that fixes in Kconfig, will submit it to Michal and fix
>> the nohz passive dependency once we get that sorted.
>
> Wow, you are fixing kconfig.
>
> 99% of the people work it around in some fashion.
>
> Kudos!

Wait, I'm actually _trying_ to! I found a few bugs in my patch
already. Looks like it's not going to be a piece of cake.
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