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Date: Mon, 07 May 2007 09:21:18 -0400 From: Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org> To: Roman Zippel <zippel@...ux-m68k.org> CC: Krzysztof Halasa <khc@...waw.pl>, Russell King <rmk@....linux.org.uk>, lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.arm.linux.org.uk Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] WAN Kconfig: change "depends on HDLC" to "select" Roman Zippel wrote: > Hi, > > On Mon, 7 May 2007, Krzysztof Halasa wrote: > >> Actually I can't see any bad idea here. >> The original dependency was certainly, uhm, not the best one. > > select seriously screws with the dependencies, it's especially problematic > if the selected symbol has other dependencies as HDLC in this case, it > makes it only more complicated to get the dependencies correct again. > Please use it only if it solves a real problem. What he's doing is the standard way to deal with library-style code. Nothing wrong with the patch, it's continuing established methods. Jeff - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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