linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 6/6] Add Propeller configuration for kernel build.

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Message-Id: <a38a883e-d887-4d79-bb52-f28f5efc99a8@app.fastmail.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2024 07:25:03 +0000
From: "Arnd Bergmann" <arnd@...db.de>
To: "Masahiro Yamada" <masahiroy@...nel.org>, "Rong Xu" <xur@...gle.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 6/6] Add Propeller configuration for kernel build.

On Wed, Oct 23, 2024, at 07:06, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 22, 2024 at 9:00 AM Rong Xu <xur@...gle.com> wrote:
>
>> > > +===========
>> > > +
>> > > +Configure the kernel with::
>> > > +
>> > > +   CONFIG_AUTOFDO_CLANG=y
>> >
>> >
>> > This is automatically met due to "depends on AUTOFDO_CLANG".
>>
>> Agreed. But we will remove the dependency from PROPELlER_CLANG to AUTOFDO_CLANG.
>> So we will keep the part.
>
>
> You can replace "depends on AUTOFDO_CLANG" with
> "imply AUTOFDO_CLANG" if it is sensible.
>
> Up to you.

I don't think we should ever encourage the use of 'imply'
because it is almost always used incorrectly.

       Arnd