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Message-Id: <20110213.103845.02286551.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Sun, 13 Feb 2011 10:38:45 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	randy.dunlap@...cle.com
Cc:	kurt.van.dijck@....be, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH -next/mmotm] net/can: fix softing build errors

From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2011 08:01:14 -0800

> On 02/13/11 05:37, Kurt Van Dijck wrote:
>> The 'select CAN_SOFTING' was introduced because it makes no sense to
>> have CAN_SOFTING_CS alone 'for a normal user', although there is no
>> real dependency.
>> Is a 'select' then still a good option, since it feels like repeating
>> all dependencies from CAN_SOFTING in CAN_SOFTING_CS?
>> What about this?
>> 
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/can/softing/Kconfig b/drivers/net/can/softing/Kconfig
>> index 92bd6bd..55dd3e4 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/can/softing/Kconfig
>> +++ b/drivers/net/can/softing/Kconfig
>> @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ config CAN_SOFTING
>>  config CAN_SOFTING_CS
>>  	tristate "Softing Gmbh CAN pcmcia cards"
>>  	depends on PCMCIA
>> -	select CAN_SOFTING
>> +	depends on CAN_SOFTING
>>  	---help---
>>  	  Support for PCMCIA cards from Softing Gmbh & some cards
>>  	  from Vector Gmbh.
>> ---
>> It will present the Softing stuff in Kconfig as if CAN_SOFTING_CS really
>> depends on CAN_SOFTING, which is acceptible from a users perspective.
> 
> That's fine.
> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>

Kurt, please formally re-submit this with a proper commit message,
a signoff for you, and Randy's ACK.

Thanks.
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