linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 03/12] crypto: qat - address recursive dependency when fw signing is enabled

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Date:	Wed, 20 May 2015 06:59:45 +0800
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	"Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...e.com>
Cc:	Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl>,
	"Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...not-panic.com>,
	rusty@...tcorp.com.au, dhowells@...hat.com, ming.lei@...onical.com,
	seth.forshee@...onical.com, kyle@...nel.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
	keescook@...omium.org, casey@...aufler-ca.com, tiwai@...e.de,
	mjg59@...f.ucam.org, wireless-regdb@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, jlee@...e.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Bruce Allan <bruce.w.allan@...el.com>,
	Tadeusz Struk <tadeusz.struk@...el.com>,
	John Griffin <john.griffin@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 03/12] crypto: qat - address recursive dependency when
 fw signing is enabled

On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 05:46:30PM +0200, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
>
> Instead of depends on we should just drop it and and issues arise we
> should fix them provided an allyesconfig and allmodconfig work when
> FW_LOADER is disabled. That was the approach I wanted to take at
> least. To make this easier to phase we can break it down by subsystem.

Modules select FW_LOADER because they call request_firmware.

If you disable FW_LOADER then every case will result in a build
failure.  So you must either have a select or a depends on.

Cheers,
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