linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] dell-wmi, dell-laptop: hide dell-smbios

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Date:   Wed, 4 Jan 2017 15:14:10 +0200
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To:     Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.de>
Cc:     Darren Hart <dvhart@...radead.org>,
        Platform Driver <platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Michał Kępień <kernel@...pniu.pl>,
        Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] dell-wmi, dell-laptop: hide dell-smbios

On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 2:59 PM, Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.de> wrote:
> Dell-smbios is a helper module, it serves no purpose on its own, so
> do not present it as an option to the user. Instead, select it
> automatically whenever a driver which needs it is selected.
>

Please, use prefix "platform/x86: ".
Perhaps, use just "dell_smbios: " as second one.

>  config DELL_SMBIOS
> -       tristate "Dell SMBIOS Support"
> -       depends on DCDBAS
> +       tristate
> +       select DCDBAS

>         default n

Do we need this one?

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko