linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] platform/x86: Fix recursive Kconfig dependency

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Message-ID: <4D0F914F.2050908@oracle.com>
Date:	Mon, 20 Dec 2010 09:24:31 -0800
From:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
To:	Peter Hüwe <PeterHuewe@....de>
CC:	sedat.dilek@...il.com, Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	Corentin Chary <corentin.chary@...il.com>,
	Matthew Garrett <mjg@...hat.com>,
	platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	John Linville <linville@...driver.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] platform/x86: Fix recursive Kconfig dependency

On 12/20/10 09:09, Peter Hüwe wrote:
> Am Montag 20 Dezember 2010, 15:46:02 schrieb Sedat Dilek:
>>> Added Stephen Rothwell on CC, maybe he can apply it directly to
>>> linux-next ;)
>>>
>>> Peter
>>
>> I do not think this will happen for a "as-warning-classified" patch.
> 
> On arm and avr32 it is not only a warning but an error instead!
> 
> -> so the patch fixes an error / build failure which imho is quite an 
> important issue.
> 
> You can see the errors in Ellerman's build farm.
> 
> http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/buildresult/3652816/
> http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/buildresult/3664077/
> http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/buildresult/3652972/
> http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/buildresult/3664113/
> 
> As it is an error for arm and avr32 maybe it should go through their trees 
> instead?


It's a kconfig "error" on x86 also, but it does not stop the .config file
from being generated.  It needs to be fixed, but it's not deadly.


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