linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging/pohmelfs: fix kconfig dependencies

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Message-ID: <20090219204355.GB29456@ioremap.net>
Date:	Thu, 19 Feb 2009 23:43:55 +0300
From:	Evgeniy Polyakov <zbr@...emap.net>
To:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
Cc:	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, gregkh@...e.de,
	akpm <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging/pohmelfs: fix kconfig dependencies

On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 01:01:34PM -0800, Randy Dunlap (randy.dunlap@...cle.com) wrote:
> From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
> 
> pohmelfs wants to use CONNECTOR, so it selects CONNECTOR,
> but when CONFIG_NET is not enabled, connector.c will not build,
> since select does not follow the dependency chain.
> Selecting NET is not a good idea, since that would build lots
> of code that someone seemingly didn't want to build/store
> and kconfig shouldn't do that behind someone's back.
> 
> pohmelfs should depend on NET since it uses network interfaces.

Thank you Randy, I will queue it into the local tree also since Greg
pulled it into staging already. I first thought to make the whole
network filesystems config option to make depending on the network.

-- 
	Evgeniy Polyakov
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