netdev - Re: [PATCH] net:Kconfig: drop no sense dependence entry for BONDING

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Date:	Thu, 12 Mar 2015 14:15:56 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	udknight@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, j.vosburgh@...il.com,
	vfalico@...il.com, gospo@...ulusnetworks.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net:Kconfig: drop no sense dependence entry for BONDING

From: Wang YanQing <udknight@...il.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2015 21:59:33 +0800

> "IPV6 || IPV6=n" means no dependence!
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wang YanQing <udknight@...il.com>

It is only nonsense because you don't actually understand what the
statement does.

It makes sure that either IPV6 is enabled and _EQUALS_ what BONDING is
set to ("y" _or_ "m"), or it is disabled.

This pattern is used all over the place and is quite common actually.

Better to first ask what a statement does, than to knee-jerk submit a
patch to remove it.  Because patch submissions use up people's
resources and time, particularly mine.
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