Re: [PATCH] [v2] Documentation: kbuild: explain handling optional dependencies
From: Nicolas Schier
Date: Thu Feb 15 2024 - 08:55:15 EST
On Thu 15 Feb 2024 22:40:46 GMT, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 15, 2024 at 9:39 PM Nicolas Schier <nicolas@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon 25 Sep 2023 16:06:41 GMT, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> > > On Mon, Sep 18, 2023 at 4:20 AM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> > > >
> > > > This problem frequently comes up in randconfig testing, with
> > > > drivers failing to link because of a dependency on an optional
> > > > feature.
> > > >
> > > > The Kconfig language for this is very confusing, so try to
> > > > document it in "Kconfig hints" section.
> > > >
> > > > Reviewed-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Reviewed-by: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Reviewed-by: Nicolas Schier <nicolas@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> > > > ---
> > > > v2: fix typos pointed out by Nicolas Schier
> > >
> > >
> > > Applied to linux-kbuild. Thanks.
> >
> > Hi Masahiro,
> >
> > this patch seems to got lost, or did you intentionally removed it
> > again?
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Nicolas
>
>
>
> Oh?
>
> I can see it in the mainline.
ups, I'm sorry for the noise. You are right, I had an heavily
out-dated tree at hand and wasn't aware of it ...
Kind regards,
Nicolas
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