linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 13/30] Use menuconfig objects

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.61.0704281254280.506@yvahk01.tjqt.qr>
Date:	Sat, 28 Apr 2007 12:57:54 +0200 (MEST)
From:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de>
To:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
cc:	linux1394-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	Ben Collins <bcollins@...ian.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 13/30] Use menuconfig objects - IEEE1394


On Apr 28 2007 12:41, Stefan Richter wrote:
>
>So, shall I put Jan's patch aside until there is only one stack left?

Sort of.

>Or what about:
>
>	menuconfig FIREWIRE_SUPPORT
>		tristate "IEEE 1394 (FireWire) support"
>
>	config FIREWIRE
>		tristate "new FireWire stack, alias Juju"
>		depends on FIREWIRE_SUPPORT && !(IEEE1394=y)
>		default m
>	[...]
>
>	config IEEE1394
>		tristate "legacy FireWire stack"
>		depends on FIREWIRE_SUPPORT && !(FIREWIRE=y)

Would
&& FIREWIRE != y
work?

>		default m
>	[...]
>
>	comment "You can have both stacks installed but should blacklist
>	         the modules of one of them.  Else modules from both
>	         stacks will be autoloaded on hotplug events."
>		depends on FIREWIRE && IEEE1394

If you *really* want to do that, then have it. But when a menu has
two or three choices (in this case: larger subsystems), it's rand()
for me whether or not to convert to menuconfig.
Feel free.



Jan
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