linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] WAN Kconfig: change "depends on HDLC" to "select"

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Date:	Mon, 7 May 2007 15:17:42 +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:

> Actually I can't see any bad idea here.
> The original dependency was certainly, uhm, not the best one.

select seriously screws with the dependencies, it's especially problematic 
if the selected symbol has other dependencies as HDLC in this case, it 
makes it only more complicated to get the dependencies correct again.
Please use it only if it solves a real problem.

bye, Roman
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