Re: RFC: kconfig select warnings bogus?

[Andrew Morton]

On Sat, 19 May 2007 17:15:23 +0200 Sam Ravnborg <sam@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> We see a lot of these lately:
>   GEN     /home/bor/build/linux-2.6.22/Makefile
> scripts/kconfig/conf -s arch/i386/Kconfig
> drivers/macintosh/Kconfig:116:warning: 'select' used by config symbol 'PMAC_APM_EMU' refers to undefined symbol 'SYS_SUPPORTS_APM_EMULATION'
> drivers/net/Kconfig:2283:warning: 'select' used by config symbol 'UCC_GETH' refers to undefined symbol 'UCC_FAST'
> drivers/input/keyboard/Kconfig:170:warning: 'select' used by config symbol 'KEYBOARD_ATARI' refers to undefined symbol 'ATARI_KBD_CORE'
> drivers/input/mouse/Kconfig:182:warning: 'select' used by config symbol 'MOUSE_ATARI' refers to undefined symbol 'ATARI_KBD_CORE'
> 
> 
> Do this warning really add any value or should we just ignore them like this?
> 

They always indicate Kconfig bugs, don't they?  If so, we should keep the
warning.

We should also fix the Kconfig bugs but for some reason they tend to hang
around for ages and ages.

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