linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [v2] Documentation: kbuild: explain handling optional dependencies

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Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2024 22:40:46 +0900
From: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
To: Nicolas Schier <nicolas@...sle.eu>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, 
	Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@...hat.com>, Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@...ux.intel.com>, 
	Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>, Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>, 
	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [v2] Documentation: kbuild: explain handling optional dependencies

On Thu, Feb 15, 2024 at 9:39 PM Nicolas Schier <nicolas@...sle.eu> wrote:
>
> On Mon 25 Sep 2023 16:06:41 GMT, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 18, 2023 at 4:20 AM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> > >
> > > This problem frequently comes up in randconfig testing, with
> > > drivers failing to link because of a dependency on an optional
> > > feature.
> > >
> > > The Kconfig language for this is very confusing, so try to
> > > document it in "Kconfig hints" section.
> > >
> > > Reviewed-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@...hat.com>
> > > Reviewed-by: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@...ux.intel.com>
> > > Reviewed-by: Nicolas Schier <nicolas@...sle.eu>
> > > Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> > > ---
> > > v2: fix typos pointed out by Nicolas Schier
> >
> >
> > Applied to linux-kbuild. Thanks.
>
> Hi Masahiro,
>
> this patch seems to got lost, or did you intentionally removed it
> again?
>
> Kind regards,
> Nicolas



Oh?

I can see it in the mainline.




commit 28d49e171676afb7df7f47798391364af9abed7f
Author:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
AuthorDate: Sun Sep 17 21:19:59 2023 +0200
Commit:     Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
CommitDate: Mon Sep 25 16:01:05 2023 +0900

    Documentation: kbuild: explain handling optional dependencies





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Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada