linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Kconfig cleanup (PARPORT

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Message-ID: <1379020912.14495.23.camel@deneb.redhat.com>
Date:	Thu, 12 Sep 2013 17:21:52 -0400
From:	Mark Salter <msalter@...hat.com>
To:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
Cc:	linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	rth@...ddle.net, vgupta@...opsys.com, linux@....linux.org.uk,
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	mingo@...hat.com, hpa@...or.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Kconfig cleanup (PARPORT_PC dependencies)

On Thu, 2013-09-12 at 22:32 +0200, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> It is much nicer if you provide a config symbol only once.
> And then let the architectures who want it select this symbol.
> 
> This is the pattern we use for similar things in many places today,
> so it is best to follow that pattern.

Okay, I'm ahead of you on that. I actually had two versions of the
patch. The other uses select. If that is the preferred way these
days, I'll go with it for V2 of the patch.


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