linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] dell-wmi, dell-laptop: hide dell-smbios

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Date:   Thu, 5 Jan 2017 09:12:57 +0100
From:   Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.de>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
Cc:     Darren Hart <dvhart@...radead.org>,
        Platform Driver <platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Michał Kępień <kernel@...pniu.pl>,
        Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] dell-wmi, dell-laptop: hide dell-smbios

Hi Andy,

Thanks for the review.

On Wed, 4 Jan 2017 15:14:10 +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 2:59 PM, Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.de> wrote:
> > Dell-smbios is a helper module, it serves no purpose on its own, so
> > do not present it as an option to the user. Instead, select it
> > automatically whenever a driver which needs it is selected.
> >
> 
> Please, use prefix "platform/x86: ".
> Perhaps, use just "dell_smbios: " as second one.

OK, will change.

> >  config DELL_SMBIOS
> > -       tristate "Dell SMBIOS Support"
> > -       depends on DCDBAS
> > +       tristate
> > +       select DCDBAS
> 
> >         default n
> 
> Do we need this one?

Probably not. "n" being the default default, I guess the 844
occurrences of "default n" in the Kconfig tree are pointless ;-)

I'll post v3 of the patch in a minute.

-- 
Jean Delvare
SUSE L3 Support