netdev - Re: [PATCH] drivers: misc: Remove MISC

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Date:	Thu, 5 Jan 2012 21:03:55 -0800
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Fabio Estevam <festevam@...il.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, gwingerde@...il.com,
	larry.finger@...inger.net, davem@...emloft.net,
	bhutchings@...arflare.com, arnd@...db.de,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Fabio Estevam <fabio.estevam@...escale.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers: misc: Remove MISC_DEVICES config option

On Thu, Jan 05, 2012 at 11:18:28PM -0200, Fabio Estevam wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 8:39 PM, Greg KH <greg@...ah.com> wrote:
> 
> > Are you sure that this isn't getting confused with the
> > drivers/char/misc.c interface instead of the "throw a bunch of randome
> > drivers into drivers/misc/" issue?
> 
> Sorry, I am not aware of this issue.
> 
> > Why would anything ever want to select MISC_DEVICES?  What happens if
> > you just remove that select line from the Kconfig?
> 
> Yes, I don´t understand the point of allowing the selection MISC_DEVICES.
> 
> IMHO it is potential for causing dependency issues.

Then remove that selection.  Nothing should be depending on a misc
driver, if it is, then that implies that this is more than just a "misc"
driver, and it should be moved elsewhere.

thanks,

greg k-h
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