linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -mm] char, moxa: Make isabrds variable global.

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Date:	Mon, 9 Nov 2009 08:06:47 +0600
From:	Rakib Mullick <rakib.mullick@...il.com>
To:	Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -mm] char, moxa: Make isabrds variable global.

On 11/7/09, Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com> wrote:
>
> Sorry I had no time to look into the first patch. And it makes no sense.
>  The driver is unusable on !MODULE && !PCI. So better fix is to disallow
>  whole build on such configurations. Care to fix that?
>
Hi Jiri, thanks for your care. Would you please checkout the
patch below? Is it okay?


 moxa:  Disallow moxa build when !MODULE && !PCI.
If MODULES support is not enabled then MODULE=y is not
possible.

Signed-off-by: Rakib Mullick <rakib.mullick@...il.com>
-----

--- linus/drivers/char/Kconfig	2009-11-06 13:45:42.000000000 +0600
+++ rakib/drivers/char/Kconfig	2009-11-08 21:31:48.000000000 +0600
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ config ESPSERIAL

 config MOXA_INTELLIO
 	tristate "Moxa Intellio support"
-	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (ISA || EISA || PCI)
+	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (ISA || EISA || PCI) || MODULES
 	select FW_LOADER
 	help
 	  Say Y here if you have a Moxa Intellio multiport serial card.
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ config MOXA_INTELLIO

 config MOXA_SMARTIO
 	tristate "Moxa SmartIO support v. 2.0"
-	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (PCI || EISA || ISA)
+	depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && (PCI || EISA || ISA) || MODULES
 	help
 	  Say Y here if you have a Moxa SmartIO multiport serial card and/or
 	  want to help develop a new version of this driver.
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