linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Obsolete config in kernel source (USE

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Date:	Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:36:13 +0100
From:	Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>
To:	Christoph Egger <siccegge@...d.informatik.uni-erlangen.de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, alsa-devel@...a-project.org,
	Reinhard.Tartler@...ormatik.uni-erlangen.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Obsolete config in kernel source (USE_MIXARTLOADER)

At Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:31:44 +0100,
Christoph Egger wrote:
> 
> Hi all!
> 
> 	As part of the VAMOS[0] research project at the University of
> Erlangen we're checking referential integrity between kernel KConfig
> options and in-code Conditional blocks.
> 
> 	The config Variable USE_MIXARTLOADER has been non-existent for
> all git based linux kernels (2.6.12-rc) and seems to be no longer
> relevant. It is only referenced at one place in the Code
> (sound/pci/mixart/mixart_hwdep.c).
> 
> 	The attached patch makes the behaviour more obvious as it is
> equivalent to the old one when assuming CONFIG_MIXARTLOADER as not
> defined.

Well, these all are basically hacks for building modules from the
external alsa-driver tree.  Since this is fairly harmless, I'd like to
keep them.


thanks,

Takashi
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