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Date: Mon, 07 May 2007 16:31:48 -0400 From: Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org> To: Satyam Sharma <satyam.sharma@...il.com> CC: Roman Zippel <zippel@...ux-m68k.org>, 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" Satyam Sharma wrote: > Yes, mixing select and depends is a recipe for build disasters. Call > me a rabid fanatic, but I would in fact go as far as to say that this > whole "select" thing in the Kconfig process is one big BUG, and not a > feature. People are lazy by nature and would rather just "select" a > dependency for their config option than burden users with several > "depends". Tough, the kernel community has voted against you. It makes far more sense to include a driver during kernel configuration, and have that driver pull in its libraries via 'select'. The lame alternative requires developers to know which libraries they need BEFORE picking their drivers, which is backwards and requires legwork on the part of the kernel developer. 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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