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Date: Mon, 7 May 2007 13:22:40 +0200 (CEST) From: Roman Zippel <zippel@...ux-m68k.org> To: Krzysztof Halasa <khc@...waw.pl> cc: Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>, Russell King <rmk@....linux.org.uk>, lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.arm.linux.org.uk Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] WAN Kconfig: change "depends on HDLC" to "select" Hi, On Mon, 7 May 2007, Krzysztof Halasa wrote: > Roman Zippel <zippel@...ux-m68k.org> writes: > > > What's the advantage? The HDLC option is directly before this? > > You don't have to know it's required, you can just select a driver > for your hardware, without enabling HDLC first. Is this a real problem? Using select you should also consider removing HDLC as visible option and use only select. Mixing depends and selects is generally a bad idea. bye, Roman - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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