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Date:	Thu, 17 Feb 2011 11:35:51 -0800
From:	J Freyensee <james_p_freyensee@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
Cc:	gregkh@...e.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	suhail.ahmed@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/12] PTI Kconfig change in misc.

On Thu, 2011-02-17 at 11:20 -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 08, 2011 at 11:34:49AM -0800, james_p_freyensee@...ux.intel.com wrote:
> > From: J Freyensee <james_p_freyensee@...ux.intel.com>
> > 
> > This adds the Intel PTI Kconfig option.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: J Freyensee <james_p_freyensee@...ux.intel.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/misc/Kconfig |   12 ++++++++++++
> >  1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/misc/Kconfig b/drivers/misc/Kconfig
> > index 4d073f1..f8076f1 100644
> > --- a/drivers/misc/Kconfig
> > +++ b/drivers/misc/Kconfig
> > @@ -136,6 +136,18 @@ config PHANTOM
> >  	  If you choose to build module, its name will be phantom. If unsure,
> >  	  say N here.
> >  
> > +config INTEL_MID_PTI
> 
> Don't add new Kconfig options when there is no code for it yet to use
> it.  Merge this with the Makefile patch.
> 

I do not quite understand the problem.  The code for this Kconfig is
~/drivers/misc/pti.c and it was patch 3/12.  I tested that in 'make
menuconfig' the kernel turns the compile option on and off fine.

What needs to be fixed here?

> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h


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