linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [media] [kbuild] Add and use IS

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Message-ID: <5822078.VORY4BTfEj@wuerfel>
Date:	Fri, 20 Feb 2015 10:29:42 +0100
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>
Cc:	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	Antti Palosaari <crope@....fi>,
	Peter Senna Tschudin <peter.senna@...il.com>,
	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@....samsung.com>,
	Trent Piepho <xyzzy@...akeasy.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org,
	"Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@...e.fr>,
	linux-media@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [media] [kbuild] Add and use IS_REACHABLE macro

On Thursday 19 February 2015 16:06:18 Michal Marek wrote:
> > We have similar problems in other areas
> > of the kernel. In theory, we could enforce the VIDEO_TUNER driver to
> > be modular here by adding lots of dependencies to it:
> > 
> > config VIDEO_TUNER
> >       tristate
> >       depends on MEDIA_TUNER_TEA5761 || !MEDIA_TUNER_TEA5761
> >       depends on MEDIA_TUNER_TEA5767 || !MEDIA_TUNER_TEA5767
> >       depends on MEDIA_TUNER_MSI001  || !MEDIA_TUNER_MSI001
> 
> Nah, that's even uglier. I suggest to merge your IS_REACHABLE patch.
> 

Ok, can I take this as an ack from your side to merge the
include/linux/kconfig.h part of the patch through the linux-media
tree?

I thought about splitting up the patch into two, but that would
just make merging it harder because we'd still have the dependency.

	Arnd
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