linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] select and dependencies in Kconfig

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Message-ID: <464BA28E.1020706@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
Date:	Thu, 17 May 2007 02:32:14 +0200
From:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
To:	Timur Tabi <timur@...escale.com>
CC:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>,
	Al Viro <viro@....linux.org.uk>, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, zippel@...ux-m68k.org,
	kbuild-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [RFC] select and dependencies in Kconfig

Timur Tabi wrote:
> For example, if I want to add a new driver C that uses library B, I can
> just add this:
> 
> C
>     select B
> 
> If I have to use "depends on", then I would have to change the Kconfig
> option for B like this:
> 
> B
>     depends on A || C

You mean, "B... serves A, C".

However, it shouldn't matter which way around the dependencies are
written down in the Kconfigs.  What does matter is how "make
{old,menu,...}config" deal with it.
-- 
Stefan Richter
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