linux-kernel - Re: [v4l-dvb-maintainer] 2.6.25 regression: VIDEO

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0801281314450.1185@fbirervta.pbzchgretzou.qr>
Date:	Mon, 28 Jan 2008 13:17:10 +0100 (CET)
From:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...putergmbh.de>
To:	Trent Piepho <xyzzy@...akeasy.org>
cc:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>,
	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...radead.org>,
	Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@...all.nl>,
	v4l-dvb-maintainer@...uxtv.org,
	Marcin Slusarz <marcin.slusarz@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [v4l-dvb-maintainer] 2.6.25 regression: VIDEO_DEV=y/m, I2C=n
 compile error


On Jan 28 2008 01:05, Trent Piepho wrote:

>Maybe the kernel headers should provide a couple macros for testing
>configs, since people get it wrong over and over again?
>
>#define CONFIG_ON(x) (defined(CONFIG_##x) || defined(CONFIG_##x##_MODULE))
>#define CONFIG_AVAIABLE(x) (defined(CONFIG_##x) || (defined(MODULE) && defined(CONFIG_##x##_MODULE)))
               ^AVAILABLE(x)

What's the difference between these two?

CONFIG_x_MODULE will never be defined if MODULE is not, so defined(MODULE)
seems redundant.

>Would save typing too.

Yes please add it. (But don't try to convert any subsystems - deep dev phase)


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