linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] power: max14577: Fix circular config SYSFS dependency

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Date:	Thu, 25 Sep 2014 16:17:06 +0200
From:	Sebastian Reichel <sre@...nel.org>
To:	Krzysztof Kozlowski <k.kozlowski@...sung.com>
Cc:	Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov <dbaryshkov@...il.com>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] power: max14577: Fix circular config SYSFS dependency

On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 09:05:31AM +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> Make the max14577 charger driver depending on SYSFS instead selecting
> it. This fixes warning on x86_64 with allmodconfig:
> 
> scripts/kconfig/conf --allmodconfig Kconfig
> fs/sysfs/Kconfig:1:error: recursive dependency detected!
> fs/sysfs/Kconfig:1:	symbol SYSFS is selected by CHARGER_MAX14577
> drivers/power/Kconfig:327:	symbol CHARGER_MAX14577 depends on POWER_SUPPLY
> drivers/power/Kconfig:1:	symbol POWER_SUPPLY is selected by HID_SONY
> drivers/hid/Kconfig:638:	symbol HID_SONY depends on NEW_LEDS
> drivers/leds/Kconfig:8:	symbol NEW_LEDS is selected by SENSORS_APPLESMC
> drivers/hwmon/Kconfig:299:	symbol SENSORS_APPLESMC depends on HWMON
> drivers/hwmon/Kconfig:5:	symbol HWMON is selected by EEEPC_LAPTOP
> drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig:496:	symbol EEEPC_LAPTOP depends on HOTPLUG_PCI
> drivers/pci/hotplug/Kconfig:5:	symbol HOTPLUG_PCI depends on SYSFS
> 
> Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <k.kozlowski@...sung.com>
> Reported-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>

http://git.infradead.org/battery-2.6.git/commit/6a91e854442cf950d9cb806891667d16c4a41d88

-- Sebastian

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