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Message-ID: <ada3b20xpu7.fsf@cisco.com>
Date:	Sun, 13 May 2007 16:32:00 -0700
From:	Roland Dreier <rdreier@...co.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	tilman@...p.cc, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.22-rc1

 > > Would it be asking too much to have help texts on the following
 > > new (wrt 2.6.21) configuration options?
 > > 
 > > ESP Scsi Driver Core (SCSI_ESP_CORE) [N/m] (NEW)
 > 
 > This one is a case where the option makes no sense by itself,
 > it provides the core common code for other front-end drivers.
 > 
 > The documentation exists in those front end drivers, which
 > in turn auto-matically select and enable this config option.
 > 
 > It would be nice if there was a Kconfig way to not provide
 > this thing at all unless one of the front-ends got selected
 > but on the otherhand I like how anyone can select it and thus
 > test the build of it :-)

If this is just an internal option that people shouldn't have to deal
with, why have a prompt at all?  AFAIK the following (untested) patch
should do exactly what you want.

FWIW:
Signed-off-by: Roland Dreier <rolandd@...co.com>

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/Kconfig b/drivers/scsi/Kconfig
index e62d23f..5366913 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/scsi/Kconfig
@@ -1754,7 +1754,7 @@ config SUN3X_ESP
 	  machines.  Say Y here to compile in support for it.
 
 config SCSI_ESP_CORE
-	tristate "ESP Scsi Driver Core"
+	tristate
 	depends on SCSI
 	select SCSI_SPI_ATTRS
 
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