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Message-ID: <20110217194512.GA31725@suse.de>
Date:	Thu, 17 Feb 2011 11:45:12 -0800
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	J Freyensee <james_p_freyensee@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	suhail.ahmed@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/12] PTI Kconfig change in misc.

On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 11:35:51AM -0800, J Freyensee wrote:
> 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?

Merge it with your Makefile patch, it doesn't need to be separate.

thanks,

greg k-h
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