netdev - Re: linux-next: build warning after merge of the net-next tree

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Date:   Wed, 18 Jul 2018 20:52:56 -0700
From:   Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To:     Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Networking <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     Linux-Next Mailing List <linux-next@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>,
        Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Subject: Re: linux-next: build warning after merge of the net-next tree

On 07/18/2018 07:04 PM, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> After merging the net-next tree, today's linux-next build (x86_64
> allmodconfig) produced this warning:
> 
> *
> * Restart config...
> *
> ....
> 
> This is output by my "make allmodconfig" and only started after merging
> the net-next tree today.  It has continued for further merges/builds.
> 
> I suspect commit
> 
>    1323061a018a ("net: phy: sfp: Add HWMON support for module sensors")
> 
> which added an "imply" clause.
> 
I thought "imply" was better than "depends on HWMON || HWMON=n", but maybe
not. Is that a caveat when using "imply", and does it mean that "imply"
should better not be used ?

Guenter