Re: Ingo, no more kconfig patches

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Sat May 03 2008 - 15:18:35 EST



* Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> || Kconfig might be extended to make dependencies easier to manage for
> || developers but until that is implemented you have to craft your
> || driver's dependencies with the current tools in a way that doesnt
> || break the build.
>
> and that's exactly what happens with Roman's patch: a Kconfig
> subsystem design bug (its inability to properly propagate the
> dependencies of select's) is worked around in the driver space: by the
> LEDS_CORE driver config introduction and no user-visible.
breakage remains --^

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