linux-kernel - Re: Hardware dependencies in Kconfig

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Date:	Mon, 14 Apr 2014 21:53:34 -0700
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Josh Boyer <jwboyer@...oraproject.org>
Cc:	Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.de>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>
Subject: Re: Hardware dependencies in Kconfig

On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 03:59:11PM -0400, Josh Boyer wrote:
> 
> Maybe I'm overly grumpy.  Still, it's frustrating to see Kconfig
> entries that clearly say "blahblah found on foo ARM chip" in the help
> with no "depends on ARM" (not meaning to pick on ARM).  I would like
> to think there is some balance that could be found here.

Yes, that would make me grumpy, perhaps a few developers could be
auditing the new Kconfig items of every kernel around -rc3 timeframe to
ensure that they don't do stuff like this...

thanks,

greg k-h
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