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

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Message-ID: <20080501012922.GB27574@elte.hu>
Date:	Thu, 1 May 2008 03:29:22 +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:

> On Thu, May 01, 2008 at 12:38:29AM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > 
> > * 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.
> 
> You still did not answer to the main question - do you think we should 
> revert the commit that actually introduced breakage in the sense that 
> anything depending on LEDS_CLASS should also add NEW_LEDS dependancy? 
> That will take care of the problem (as far as LEDs are concerned) for 
> _all_ subsystems and drivers at once.

do you mean this one:

| commit 66242f7ec531953fbc2f4040c5ffe1f1ffe6c5c9
| Author: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@....de>
| Date:   Thu May 10 10:44:11 2007 +0100
|
|    leds: Use menuconfig objects II - LED
|
|    Change Kconfig objects from "menu, config" into "menuconfig" so
|    that the user can disable the whole feature without having to
|    enter the menu first.

?

that split option definitely looks a bit weird, and the sprinkling of 
LEDS_CLASS+NEW_LEDS dependencies to all affected drivers feels broken as 
well. I'm all for fixing it right and can test any patch.

	Ingo
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