From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263117AbUHXFW3 (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Aug 2004 01:22:29 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266347AbUHXFW3 (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Aug 2004 01:22:29 -0400 Received: from relay01.kbs.net.au ([203.220.32.149]:2696 "EHLO relay01.kbs.net.au") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263117AbUHXFWX (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Aug 2004 01:22:23 -0400 Subject: Re: config language shortcomings in 2.4 From: Nigel Cunningham Reply-To: ncunningham@linuxmail.org To: Joshua Kwan Cc: Willy Tarreau , Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <412ACC56.1020902@triplehelix.org> References: <20040819071229.GA7598@darjeeling.triplehelix.org> <20040819072826.GA16709@alpha.home.local> <412ACC56.1020902@triplehelix.org> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1093324742.8567.38.camel@laptop.cunninghams> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6-1mdk Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 15:19:02 +1000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi. On Tue, 2004-08-24 at 15:04, Joshua Kwan wrote: > Sorry for the belated response, but certainly it should not be necessary > to do: > > if [ "$CONFIG_FW_LOADER" = "m" -o "$CONFIG_FW_LOADER" = "y" ]; then > HAVE_SOME_FW_LOADER=y > fi > if [ "$CONFIG_CRC32" = "m" -o "$CONFIG_CRC32" = "m" ]; then > HAVE_SOME_CRC32=y > fi > > if [ "$HAVE_SOME_CRC32" = "y" -a "$HAVE_SOME_FW_LOADER" = "y" ]; then > dep_tristate 'Broadcom Tigon3 support' CONFIG_TIGON3 $CONFIG_PCI > $HAVE_SOME_FW_LOADER $HAVE_SOME_CRC32 > fi Just in case someone goes to copy and paste the above, there's a typo: CONFIG_CRC32 = m or = m. > Anyway, it's all very disgusting and I'm inclined to just ignore it and > maybe some benevolent soul will one day port Kconfig back to 2.4. Hehe. I had to do something similar when I made suspend 2 able to be compiled as modules. It could certainly be more elegant. Nigel -- Nigel Cunningham Christian Reformed Church of Tuggeranong PO Box 1004, Tuggeranong, ACT 2901 Many today claim to be tolerant. But true tolerance can cope with others being intolerant.