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Date:	Tue, 25 Aug 2015 17:43:55 +0100
From:	Peter Griffin <peter.griffin@...aro.org>
To:	Valentin Rothberg <valentinrothberg@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mchehab@....samsung.com,
	Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl>,
	Andreas Ruprecht <andreas.ruprecht@....de>,
	Stefan Hengelein <stefan.hengelein@....de>
Subject: Re: c8sectpfe: Kconfig: select on undefined LIBELF_32

Hi Valentin,

On Tue, 18 Aug 2015, Valentin Rothberg wrote:

> Hi Peter,
> 
> your commit 850a3f7d5911 ("[media] c8sectpfe: Add Kconfig and Makefile
> for the driver") showed up in today's Linux next tree (i.e.,
> next-20150818) adding the following lines of Kconfig code:
> 
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/drivers/media/platform/sti/c8sectpfe/Kconfig
> @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
> +config DVB_C8SECTPFE
> +       tristate "STMicroelectronics C8SECTPFE DVB support"
> ...skipping...
> +       select LIBELF_32
> 
> LIBELF_32 is not defined in Kconfig so it turns out to be a NOOP.  I
> searched the LKML, but could not find any patch adding LIBELF_32.  Is
> there a patch queued somewhere to add this option?

Sorry for the delay, I've been on holiday for the last 3 weeks.

Yes your correct this is unnecessary and was a legacy option left over
from a previous vendor kernel. 

I've just sent a patch which removes it here: -
https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/8/25/502

regards,

Peter.
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