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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
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