linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] HID: lenovo: Remove CONFIG

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Message-Id: <d57ff24a-bf6f-454d-9b00-8abf8071658e@app.fastmail.com>
Date: Sun, 18 May 2025 12:36:44 +0200
From: "Arnd Bergmann" <arnd@...db.de>
To: "Janne Grunau" <j@...nau.net>, "Jiri Kosina" <jikos@...nel.org>,
 "Benjamin Tissoires" <bentiss@...nel.org>,
 "Rafael J . Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>, "Len Brown" <lenb@...nel.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-input@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] HID: lenovo: Remove CONFIG_ACPI dependency

On Sun, May 18, 2025, at 12:18, Janne Grunau via B4 Relay wrote:
> 
>  config HID_LENOVO
>  	tristate "Lenovo / Thinkpad devices"
> -	depends on ACPI
> -	select ACPI_PLATFORM_PROFILE
> +	depends on ACPI || !ACPI

Since ACPI is a 'bool' symbol, the 'ACPI || !ACPI' dependency
has no actual effect. I don't see any way that ACPI will ever
become a loadable module.

      Arnd