linux-kernel - [PATCH -next] usb: roles: Hide option USB_ROLE

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Date:   Mon, 4 Nov 2019 22:48:50 +0800
From:   Mao Wenan <maowenan@...wei.com>
To:     <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, <heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com>,
        <maowenan@...wei.com>
CC:     <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH -next] usb: roles: Hide option USB_ROLE_SWITCH

The USB role switch class is, after all,
not useful by itself. Hiding USB_ROLE_SWITCH
so we can avoid any of the pitfalls associated
with user-visible symbols and "select".

Signed-off-by: Mao Wenan <maowenan@...wei.com>
---
 drivers/usb/roles/Kconfig | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/usb/roles/Kconfig b/drivers/usb/roles/Kconfig
index f8b31aa..1da58d4 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/roles/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/usb/roles/Kconfig
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 
 config USB_ROLE_SWITCH
-	tristate "USB Role Switch Support"
+	tristate
 	help
 	  USB Role Switch is a device that can select the USB role - host or
 	  device - for a USB port (connector). In most cases dual-role capable
-- 
2.7.4