linux-kernel - Re: tighten ATA kconfig dependancies

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Message-ID: <20060716055857.GA29733@mars.ravnborg.org>
Date:	Sun, 16 Jul 2006 07:58:57 +0200
From:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:	7eggert@....de
Cc:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>, linux-ide@...r.kernel.org,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: tighten ATA kconfig dependancies

On Sat, Jul 15, 2006 at 08:38:01PM +0200, Bodo Eggert wrote:
> >> A lot of prehistoric junk shows up on x86-64 configs.
> > 
> > ... but in general it helps compile testing if you're hacking stuff;
> > if your hacking IDE on x86-64 you now have to compile 32 bit as well to
> > see if you didn't break the compile for these as well
> > 
> > So please don't do this, just disable them in your config...
> 
> If you want to compile test these drivers, just revert the patch or edit
> the .config.
Editing .config will not do the trick. kconfig will make sure the kernel
is build with a valid config so they will get turned off.

A cross compile toolchain is the only real soluion. Otherwise we would
soon end up with far to many drivers selectable for x84-64.

	Sam
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