Re: Kconfig: fix problem in HID menu

[Jiri Slaby]

On 05/17/2009 05:56 PM, Krzysztof Helt wrote:
> Following syntax does not work properly if there is an options FOO2 depending on the FOO:
> 
> config FOO
> 	tristate "Foo" if EMBEDDED
> 	depends on FUD
> 	default !EMBEDDED
> 
> config FOO2
> 	bool "Foo2"
> 	depends on FOO
> 
> If the EMBEDDED is not selected the FOO option is selected
> and it cannot be unselected.

Uhuh, but that's correct behaviour. We don't want to bother user with
tons of drivers unless he is compiling for embedded. Or am I missing
something?

> The change of the FOO definition:
> 
> config FOO
> 	tristate "Foo" 
> 	depends on EMBEDDED && FUD
> 	default !EMBEDDED
> 
> fixes the issue.

This does something different. You offer regular user to turn it off and
defaults to n for embedded. This is not what we want, I suppose.

> This is likely a bug in Kconfig tool.

In that case, you want to fix the tool, not the configs.
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