linux-kernel - Re: [2.6 patch] always enable FW

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Message-ID: <484F98C5.3040202@panasas.com>
Date:	Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:20:05 +0300
From:	Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@...asas.com>
To:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
CC:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] always enable FW_LOADER unless EMBEDDED=y

Adrian Bunk wrote:
> 
> [1] and before anyone restarts the "kconfig is broken - select should 
>     follow dependencies" FUD: I've seen much talk and zero code for
>     this, and in my opinion the problem is much more difficult than
>     it appears at first sight
> 

I had this crazy idea, Perhaps it would be easier to reverse the problem.
Introduce a kind of Lazy_Enable mode. Which means config is enabled but
gets it's use_count bumped up every time someone is dependent on it.
At the end, for optimization, any Lazy_Enable with zero count, is dropped.
Is that at all possible in current infrastructure?
(I admit I never looked at the source)

Boaz
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