linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -next 2/2] kbuild: fix for updated LZ4 tool with the new streaming format

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Date:	Tue, 16 Jul 2013 11:04:41 +0100
From:	Florian Fainelli <florian@...nwrt.org>
To:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc:	"Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@...e.fr>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Kyungsik Lee <kyungsik.lee@....com>,
	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org,
	celinux-dev@...ts.celinuxforum.org,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>, hyojun.im@....com,
	chan.jeong@....com, Andy Lee <raphael.andy.lee@...il.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Russell King <rmk@....linux.org.uk>,
	Yann Collet <yann.collet.73@...il.com>,
	Chanho Min <chanho.min@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -next 2/2] kbuild: fix for updated LZ4 tool with the new
 streaming format

2013/7/16 Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>:
> On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 11:45:27AM +0200, Yann E. MORIN wrote:
>> As discussed with Florian in this thread, either one of:
>>   - a warning at check time
>>   - a comment in Kconfig
>
> Whatever you do, make sure to make it quite clear to users what she
> needs to do.
>
> What I really have a problem with is options being hidden just because I
> haven't selected something they depend on and having to run around the
> Kconfig maze to find what I also need to select in order for the option
> to appear.

Yes, me too, which is why I suggested the warning, as in "a warning
printed to stdout/stderr" rather than a Kconfig comment which will be
easy to be ignored.
--
Florian
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