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Date:	Thu, 4 Apr 2013 19:42:23 +0000
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	balbi@...com
Cc:	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>,
	Thomas Winischhofer <thomas@...ischhofer.net>,
	Florian Fainelli <florian@...nwrt.org>,
	Kernel development list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, USB list <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5 v3] USB: regroup all depends on USB within an if USB block

On Thursday 04 April 2013, Felipe Balbi wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 04, 2013 at 01:42:18PM -0400, Alan Stern wrote:
> > > > diff --git a/drivers/usb/misc/sisusbvga/Kconfig b/drivers/usb/misc/sisusbvga/Kconfig
> > > > index 30ea7ca..0d03a52 100644
> > > > --- a/drivers/usb/misc/sisusbvga/Kconfig
> > > > +++ b/drivers/usb/misc/sisusbvga/Kconfig
> > > > @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
> > > >  
> > > >  config USB_SISUSBVGA
> > > >   tristate "USB 2.0 SVGA dongle support (Net2280/SiS315)"
> > > > - depends on USB && (USB_MUSB_HDRC || USB_EHCI_HCD)
> > > > + depends on (USB_MUSB_HDRC || USB_EHCI_HCD)
> > > 
> > > is it just me or would everybody agree that depending on MUSB or EHCI
> > > here is wrong ?
> > 
> > That line certainly looks like it could be removed entirely.  Perhaps 
> > the original author can enlighten us.
> > 
> > In any case, it's not relevant to the purpose of this patch set.
> 
> right :-)
> 

Originally it had just "depends on USB_EHCI_HCD" and the text mentions that
it requires USB 2.0, so it probably comes from a time where EHCI was the
only high speed capable USB HCD.

	Arnd
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