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Date: Thu, 19 May 2011 08:47:51 -0700 From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com> To: Mark Lord <kernel@...savvy.com> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>, Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.39 On Thu, 19 May 2011 11:44:37 -0400 Mark Lord wrote: > Here's some more funny business that was new after rc7-git12: > > warning: (AX88796_93CX6 && RTL8180 && RTL8187 && ADM8211 && RT2400PCI && > RT2500PCI && RT61PCI && RT2800PCI && R8187SE) selects EEPROM_93CX6 which has > unmet direct dependencies (MISC_DEVICES) > warning: (ACPI_APEI) selects PSTORE which has unmet direct dependencies > (MISC_FILESYSTEMS) > > The exact same .config didn't do that with rc7-git12, > but does do it with 2.6.39 final. I've seen those kconfig warnings plenty of times, before 2.6.39. Tony Luck has posted a patch for the ACPI_APEI/PSTORE warning (yes, select MISC_FILESYSTEMS). > Odd thing is, if I select both MISC_DEVICES and MISC_FILESYSTEMS, > but do NOT select anything from under either of those, > the warnings go away. > > Which likely means the warnings are totally bogus. It's just the nature of the tree-structured kconfig hierarchy. --- ~Randy *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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