linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] move SYS_HYPERVISOR inside the Generic Driver menu

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Message-ID: <45802D80.60200@garzik.org>
Date:	Wed, 13 Dec 2006 11:42:40 -0500
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>,
	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] move SYS_HYPERVISOR inside the Generic Driver menu

Linux Kernel Mailing List wrote:
> commit eba6cd671427df295c10b54ee69cd5de419d38fe
> tree c92e5b59d5261a029a9e24b72b31eac70150cca1
> parent d7c3f5f231c60d7e6ada5770b536df2b3ec1bd08
> author Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com> 1162057135 -0700
> committer Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...osdl.org> 1162060255 -0700
> 
> [PATCH] move SYS_HYPERVISOR inside the Generic Driver menu
> 
> Put SYS_HYPERVISOR inside the Generic Driver Config menu where it should
> be.  Otherwise xconfig displays it as a dangling (lost) menu item under
> Device Drivers, all by itself (when all options are displayed).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
> Cc: <holzheu@...ibm.com>
> Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@...ibm.com>
> Cc: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>
> 
>  drivers/base/Kconfig |    4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/base/Kconfig b/drivers/base/Kconfig
> index 0b4e224..1429f3a 100644
> --- a/drivers/base/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/base/Kconfig
> @@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ config DEBUG_DRIVER
>  
>  	  If you are unsure about this, say N here.
>  
> -endmenu
> -
>  config SYS_HYPERVISOR
>  	bool
>  	default n
> +
> +endmenu

I missed this when it went in.

The entire sum of code under this config option is so tiny, why not just 
make it unconditional?  Or depend on CONFIG_EMBEDDED.

	Jeff


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