linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -next v2] cxgb3i: use same dependencies & selects as CHELSIO

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Date:	Mon, 29 Dec 2008 14:08:13 -0800
From:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
To:	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senpartnership.com>
CC:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>,
	scsi <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>,
	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>, kxie@...lsio.com,
	akpm <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-next@...r.kernel.org,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, samr <sam@...nborg.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -next v2] cxgb3i: use same dependencies & selects as	CHELSIO_T3

James Bottomley wrote:
> On Mon, 2008-12-29 at 13:23 -0800, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>> From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
>>
>> Make the CXGB iSCSI driver (that selects the CXGB net driver) have the same
>> dependencies as the net driver, since kconfig doesn't do that automatically.
>> Also make it select INET_LRO & FW_LOADER like the net driver does.
> 
> I thought select of a symbol that selected something else propagated
> correctly (even if select of a symbol that depends on something else
> doesn't).

I don't see that happening, at least in this case.
Sam, can you clarify?


> If this is untrue, we have several other Kconfig problems in
> the kernel.

That would not be a surprise.

-- 
~Randy
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