linux-kernel - Re: visibility changes (was: Re: [GIT] kbuild and kconfig fixes for 2.6.37-rc5)

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Date:	Thu, 16 Dec 2010 22:43:47 +0100
From:	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>
To:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Cc:	Arnaud Lacombe <lacombar@...il.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	brueckner@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, mchehab@...hat.com,
	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: visibility changes (was: Re: [GIT] kbuild and kconfig fixes for
 2.6.37-rc5)

On 7.12.2010 21:45, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 21:40, Arnaud Lacombe<lacombar@...il.com>  wrote:
>> On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 3:31 PM, Geert Uytterhoeven<geert@...ux-m68k.org>  wrote:
>>> On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 20:51, Arnaud Lacombe<lacombar@...il.com>  wrote:
>>>> On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 2:07 PM, Geert Uytterhoeven<geert@...ux-m68k.org>  wrote:
>>>>> BTW, I got confused:
>>>>>   - make allmodconfig causes e.g.:
>>>>>         CONFIG_VIDEO_HELPER_CHIPS_AUTO=y
>>>>>         CONFIG_VIDEO_TVAUDIO=m
>>>>>     =>  good
>>>>>   - make oldconfig for my config with almost everything selected,
>>>>> except for stuff I know that breaks:
>>>>>         CONFIG_VIDEO_HELPER_CHIPS_AUTO=y
>>>>>         # CONFIG_VIDEO_TVAUDIO is not set
>>>>>     and no way to manually set CONFIG_VIDEO_TVAUDIO=y?
>>>>>     =>  bad!
>>>> that's difficult to judge without your old configuration.
>>>> VIDEO_TVAUDIO is only selected by VIDEO_BT848 which you don't give
>>>> information about.
>>>
>>> I don't have PCI, so I cannot enable VIDEO_BT848.
>>>
>> so why do you expect VIDEO_TVAUDIO to be enabled ?
>
> I don't expect it to be enabled, I expected to be able to enable it.
> Allmodconfig
> does enable it.

Actually allmodconfig should not enable it, as it did not so before the 
patch. See Jan's fix at https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/393302/

Michal
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