linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: fix unconditional arch/x86/kernel/pcspeaker.c?compiling

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Date:	Fri, 18 Jan 2008 07:50:14 -0600
From:	Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>
To:	Michael Opdenacker <michael-lists@...e-electrons.com>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Linux-tiny@...enic.com, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: fix
	unconditional	arch/x86/kernel/pcspeaker.c?compiling

On Fri, 2008-01-18 at 14:03 +0100, Michael Opdenacker wrote:
> However, wouldn't the Makefile look nicer if we introduced a
> CONFIG_PCSPEAKER setting as in the mips platform? We would just have:
> 
> obj-$(CONFIG_PCSPEAKER)		+= pcspeaker.o

Yes, that would be cleaner. Not worth it for just x86, but there are
about 6 other arches that use CONFIG_INPUT_PCSPKR. Do that in one patch
on top of this one and send it to Andrew (who will pull the above into
his tree from Ingo shortly).

> I can propose a corresponding patch, and I'd suggest to make
> CONFIG_PCSPEAKER depend on CONFIG_EMBEDDED.

No, don't. It's fine the way it is. If INPUT_PCSPKR isn't set, we don't
support the speaker, end of story.

Also, bear in mind that there is a fair amount of lower-hanging fruit
than this, so bouncing a bunch of patches back and forth to make this
perfect is not the best use of people's time.

-- 
Mathematics is the supreme nostalgia of our time.

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