linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH] Kconfig: Enable Kconfig fragments to be used for defconfig

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Message-id: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1007161429121.10598@xanadu.home>
Date:	Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:31:44 -0400 (EDT)
From:	Nicolas Pitre <nico@...xnic.net>
To:	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>
Cc:	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
	linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Russell King <rmk@....linux.org.uk>,
	Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>,
	Daniel Walker <dwalker@...eaurora.org>,
	Uwe Kleine-König 
	<u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>,
	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] Kconfig: Enable Kconfig fragments to be used for
 defconfig

On Fri, 16 Jul 2010, Grant Likely wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 12:19 PM, Nicolas Pitre <nico@...xnic.net> wrote:
> > For example, if I want CONFIG_MTD_CMDLINE_PARTS=y, the system may be
> > smart enough to notice and automatically enable CONFIG_MTD and
> > CONFIG_MTD_PARTITIONS without having to carry those in the defconfig.
> 
> I fully agree.  However, the warnings make the system work now while
> we wait for a full solver to be implemented.

Why can't the tool just _select_ the option it is warning about when a 
dependency is not met?  That shouldn't require a full solver.


Nicolas
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