linux-kernel - Re: missing dependencies in drivers/usb/mon/Kconfig (was: file Documentation/usb/usbmon.txt should list the .config settings)

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Date:	Mon, 3 Sep 2012 17:54:02 +0200
From:	Roland Eggner <edvx1@...temanalysen.net>
To:	Alexander <alexander@....bg>
Cc:	Oliver Neukum <oneukum@...e.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: missing dependencies in drivers/usb/mon/Kconfig (was: file
 Documentation/usb/usbmon.txt should list the .config settings)

On 2012-09-03 Monday at 17:49 +0300 Alexander wrote:
> On 09/03/2012 12:23 PM, Oliver Neukum wrote:
> > On Monday 03 September 2012 11:38:57 Alexander wrote:
> >> Please indicate in the Documentation/usb/usbmon.txt file that the kernel
> >> needs to be compiled with:
> >>
> >> CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL=y
> >> CONFIG_DEBUG_FS=y
> >> CONFIG_USB_MON=y
> >> CONFIG_USB_DEVICEFS=y
> > Are you saying tht the modular options have been broken?
> >
> > 	Regards
> > 		Oliver
> >
> >
> Ok what I meant is "if you want to build usbmon support into the kernel 
> then it needs to be compiled with ..."
> I think it will be useful, especially for embedded developers to have 
> this info in the usbmon doc file.
> Sorry about this confusion...

+1
Even more useful would be, if Kconfig would automatically take care of this dependency.

-- 
Roland Eggner

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