linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drivers: misc: Remove MISC

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Message-ID: <20120105223933.GA10268@kroah.com>
Date:	Thu, 5 Jan 2012 14:39:33 -0800
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Fabio Estevam <festevam@...il.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, gwingerde@...il.com,
	larry.finger@...inger.net, davem@...emloft.net,
	bhutchings@...arflare.com, arnd@...db.de,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Fabio Estevam <fabio.estevam@...escale.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers: misc: Remove MISC_DEVICES config option

On Thu, Jan 05, 2012 at 06:49:01PM -0200, Fabio Estevam wrote:
> MISC_DEVICES option alone does not select any kernel code and can cause dependency build warnings, such as:
> 
> warning: (KS8851 && AX88796_93CX6 && RTL8180 && RTL8187 && ADM8211 && RT2400PCI && RT2500PCI && RT61PCI && RT2800PCI && R8187SE) selects EEPROM_93CX6 which has unmet direct dependencies (MISC_DEVICES)
> 
> Remove MISC_DEVICES option so that any dependency on this symbol is avoided.

Are you sure that this isn't getting confused with the
drivers/char/misc.c interface instead of the "throw a bunch of randome
drivers into drivers/misc/" issue?

Why would anything ever want to select MISC_DEVICES?  What happens if
you just remove that select line from the Kconfig?

thanks,

greg k-h
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