linux-kernel - [PATCH] KBUILD: Extend "menuconfig" for modules to simplify Kconfig file.

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Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.1.10.0808041328440.6174@localhost.localdomain>
Date:	Mon, 4 Aug 2008 13:31:32 -0400 (EDT)
From:	"Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@...shcourse.ca>
To:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Subject: [PATCH] KBUILD:  Extend "menuconfig" for modules to simplify Kconfig
 file.


Given that the init/Kconfig file uses a "menuconfig" directive for
modules already, might as well wrap all the submenu entries in an "if"
to toss all those dependencies.

Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@...shcourse.ca>

---

diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 7e6dae1..b678803 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -845,9 +845,10 @@ menuconfig MODULES

 	  If unsure, say Y.

+if MODULES
+
 config MODULE_FORCE_LOAD
 	bool "Forced module loading"
-	depends on MODULES
 	default n
 	help
 	  Allow loading of modules without version information (ie. modprobe
@@ -856,7 +857,6 @@ config MODULE_FORCE_LOAD

 config MODULE_UNLOAD
 	bool "Module unloading"
-	depends on MODULES
 	help
 	  Without this option you will not be able to unload any
 	  modules (note that some modules may not be unloadable
@@ -875,7 +875,6 @@ config MODULE_FORCE_UNLOAD

 config MODVERSIONS
 	bool "Module versioning support"
-	depends on MODULES
 	help
 	  Usually, you have to use modules compiled with your kernel.
 	  Saying Y here makes it sometimes possible to use modules
@@ -886,7 +885,6 @@ config MODVERSIONS

 config MODULE_SRCVERSION_ALL
 	bool "Source checksum for all modules"
-	depends on MODULES
 	help
 	  Modules which contain a MODULE_VERSION get an extra "srcversion"
 	  field inserted into their modinfo section, which contains a
@@ -898,11 +896,12 @@ config MODULE_SRCVERSION_ALL

 config KMOD
 	def_bool y
-	depends on MODULES
 	help
 	  This is being removed soon.  These days, CONFIG_MODULES
 	  implies CONFIG_KMOD, so use that instead.

+endif # MODULES
+
 config STOP_MACHINE
 	bool
 	default y

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