linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] xen kconfig: clarify INPUT_XEN_KBDDEV

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Date:	Tue, 16 Feb 2016 12:35:26 +0100
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Cc:	Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@...citrix.com>,
	Andrew Jones <drjones@...hat.com>,
	xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com,
	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>,
	linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@...com>,
	David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>,
	boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com,
	Jean-Christophe Plagniol-Villard <plagnioj@...osoft.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] xen kconfig: clarify INPUT_XEN_KBDDEV_FRONTEND select

On Monday 15 February 2016 16:51:08 Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/Kconfig b/drivers/video/fbdev/Kconfig
> > index 8ea45a5cd806..fd3d6fd290a9 100644
> > --- a/drivers/video/fbdev/Kconfig
> > +++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/Kconfig
> > @@ -2241,6 +2241,7 @@ config FB_VIRTUAL
> >  config XEN_FBDEV_FRONTEND
> >       tristate "Xen virtual frame buffer support"
> >       depends on FB && XEN
> > +     depends on INPUT || !INPUT_MISC
> >       select FB_SYS_FILLRECT
> >       select FB_SYS_COPYAREA
> >       select FB_SYS_IMAGEBLIT
> 
> This looks very hackish. Couldn't we just do the following?
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/Kconfig b/drivers/video/fbdev/Kconfig
> index 8ea45a5..3c15f6d 100644
> --- a/drivers/video/fbdev/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/Kconfig
> @@ -2246,7 +2246,7 @@ config XEN_FBDEV_FRONTEND
>         select FB_SYS_IMAGEBLIT
>         select FB_SYS_FOPS
>         select FB_DEFERRED_IO
> -       select INPUT_XEN_KBDDEV_FRONTEND if INPUT_MISC
> +       select INPUT_XEN_KBDDEV_FRONTEND if (INPUT && INPUT_MISC)
>         select XEN_XENBUS_FRONTEND
>         default y
>         help
> 

No, that doesn't solve the problem:

If XEN_FBDEV_FRONTEND=y, INPUT=m and INPUT_MISC=y, we would still
get INPUT_XEN_KBDDEV_FRONTEND=y, which cannot work because of INPUT=m.

INPUT_MISC already depends on INPUT, so your change has no effect
at all.

	Arnd