linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Add ARCH_MIGHT_HAVE_VGA

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Date:	Tue, 3 Feb 2015 11:08:49 +1100
From:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:	Yoshinori Sato <ysato@...rs.sourceforge.jp>,
	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux-Arch <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add ARCH_MIGHT_HAVE_VGA_CONSOLE

Hi Arnd,

On Mon, 02 Feb 2015 21:11:50 +0100 Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> wrote:
>
> On Tuesday 03 February 2015 00:48:20 Yoshinori Sato wrote:
> 
> > --- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
> > +++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
> > @@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ config ARM
> >        select PERF_USE_VMALLOC
> >        select RTC_LIB
> >        select SYS_SUPPORTS_APM_EMULATION
> >+       select ARCH_MIGHT_HAVE_VGA_CONSOLE if ARCH_FOOTBRIDGE || ARCH_INTEGRATOR || ARCH_NETWINDER
> >        # Above selects are sorted alphabetically; please add new ones
> >        # according to that.  Thanks.
> >        help
> 
> You did not read the comment in the patch context: This list of selects is
> sorted alphabetically in order to avoid merge conflicts. Please keep it this
> way.

Why would you not just put the "select ARCH_MIGHT_HAVE_VGA_CONSOLE"
under each of those other config symbols and further restrict the
possibility of conflicts?

-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell                    sfr@...b.auug.org.au

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