linux-kernel - Re: The drivers Kconfig structure: oddities and exceptions

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Message-Id: <20061207082824.40c46170.randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Date:	Thu, 7 Dec 2006 08:28:24 -0800
From:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
To:	"Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@...dspring.com>
Cc:	Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: The drivers Kconfig structure:  oddities and exceptions

On Thu, 7 Dec 2006 04:36:25 -0500 (EST) Robert P. J. Day wrote:

> 
>   as a followup to my previous patch (and before i build on top of
> that), perhaps someone can clarify some of these bits of curiosity:
> 
> 1) although "Sound" is listed in the Device Drivers menu, its actual
> source directory is at the top level of the kernel source tree, and
> it's the *only* entry in Device Drivers that requires sourcing from
> the top-level directory.  any reason for this?  it just kind of stands
> out as a weird exception to the rule.

sound/ (ALSA) was a replacement for the OSS sound drivers and
needed a different directory to live/work in, that's all.
They are still Device Drivers.  Don't get hung up on where
the directory is.

(part 2 omitted)

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~Randy
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