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

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Date:   Thu, 5 Jan 2017 10:10:48 +0100
From:   Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@...il.com>
To:     Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.de>
Cc:     Darren Hart <dvhart@...radead.org>,
        platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Michał Kępień <kernel@...pniu.pl>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] dell-wmi, dell-laptop: hide dell-smbios

On Thursday 05 January 2017 10:09:03 Jean Delvare wrote:
> Hi Pali,
> 
> On Thu, 5 Jan 2017 09:59:39 +0100, Pali Rohár wrote:
> > On Wednesday 04 January 2017 13:59:17 Jean Delvare 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.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.de>
> > > Cc: Michał Kępień <kernel@...pniu.pl>
> > > Cc: Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@...il.com>
> > > Cc: Darren Hart <dvhart@...radead.org>
> > > ---
> > > Changes since v1:
> > >  * Select DCDBAS instead of depending on it. This is more
> > >    user-friendly and avoids the confusing transitive dependencies
> > >    which Pali didn't like.
> > 
> > Hi! I see that in previous email you CCed Yann and linux-kbuild, (...)
> 
> No, I did not. What are you talking about? I'm confused.

Ah, Darren (not you) CCed linux-kbuild under thread for v1 of your patches.

-- 
Pali Rohár
pali.rohar@...il.com