Re: [2.6 patch] let W1 select NET

[Russell King <rmk+lkml@arm.linux.org.uk>]

On Fri, Aug 13, 2004 at 01:01:37PM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 13, 2004 at 12:54:25PM +0200, Roman Zippel wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > On Fri, 13 Aug 2004, Evgeniy Polyakov wrote:
> > 
> > > On Fri, 2004-08-13 at 14:32, Roman Zippel wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > > 
> > > > On Fri, 13 Aug 2004, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > >  config W1
> > > > >  	tristate "Dallas's 1-wire support"
> > > > > +	select NET
> > > > 
> > > > What's wrong with a simple dependency?
> > > 
> > > W1 requires NET, and thus depends on it.
> > > If you _do_ want W1 then you _do_ need network and then NET must be
> > > selected.
> > 
> > A simple "depends on NET" does this as well, I see no reason to abuse 
> > select.
> 
> In the case of NET the discussion is mostly hypothetically since nearly 
> everyone has enabled NET.

In which case, can we remove the user-visibility of CONFIG_NET and
instead make all the protocols automatically select it.

I find the over-use of "select" distasteful, and produces a counter-
intuitive configuration system.  I'll carry on complaining each time
I see a patch on LKML which introduces yet another over-use of this
feature without properly considering the consequences of doing so.

-- 
Russell King
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