linux-kernel - Re: [patch, -git] input: CONFIG_INPUT

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Message-ID: <20080430223828.GA31878@elte.hu>
Date:	Thu, 1 May 2008 00:38:29 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
Cc:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Roman Zippel <zippel@...ux-m68k.org>,
	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@....de>,
	Richard Purdie <rpurdie@...ys.net>,
	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
Subject: Re: [patch, -git] input: CONFIG_INPUT_APANEL build fix


* Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com> wrote:

> > i'm not suggesting this is your fault in any way - but nevertheless 
> > many other subsystems have to deal with the same Kconfig issues and 
> > they manage to limp along.
> 
> I believe I see a steady stream of breakage for leds dependencies from 
> all subsystems.

they limp along by adding "depends on NEW_LEDS". 99% of the users will 
use some pre-cooked distro kernel where all these options are turned on, 
so the flattening and coupling of the dependencies is not a real issue 
in practice.

	Ingo
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