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From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: "Nicolas Pitre" <nico@fluxnic.net>,
	"Russell King - ARM Linux" <linux@arm.linux.org.uk>,
	"Grant Likely" <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>,
	"Catalin Marinas" <catalin.marinas@arm.com>,
	linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org,
	"Benjamin Herrenschmidt" <benh@kernel.crashing.org>,
	linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org, lkml <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
	"Tony Lindgren" <tony@atomide.com>,
	"Daniel Walker" <dwalker@codeaurora.org>,
	"Uwe Kleine-König" <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>,
	"Stephen Rothwell" <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] Kconfig: Enable Kconfig fragments to be used for defconfig
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2010 22:11:31 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <201007162211.31973.arnd@arndb.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikqHnyFVJF0Pzwy2xtKeNSXYAPFdPkAkLiXK8Ls@mail.gmail.com>

On Friday 16 July 2010 20:46:17 Linus Torvalds wrote:
> Maybe a full "solver" is unnecessary, for example, but just a simple
> "automatically enable the direct dependencies and scream when it's not
> simple any more" would take care of 99% of the common cases, and then
> warn when it needs some manual help.

I think the recursion should also be limited to cases where the
dependency is a valid selectable option, i.e. not for

# this architecture does not support MMIO
config HAS_IOMEM 
	def_bool 'n'

config PCI
	bool "PCI Device drivers"
	depends on HAS_IOMEM

config FOO
	tristate "Some device driver"
	depends on PCI

In this case, it would be straightforward for the solver to enable PCI
for when something selects CONFIG_FOO, but it should print a warning
if this is attempted while HAS_IOMEM is unconditionally disabled,
since that puts it into the "not simple" category.

	Arnd

WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: "Stephen Rothwell" <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>,
	"Daniel Walker" <dwalker@codeaurora.org>,
	"Russell King - ARM Linux" <linux@arm.linux.org.uk>,
	"Nicolas Pitre" <nico@fluxnic.net>,
	"Tony Lindgren" <tony@atomide.com>,
	"Catalin Marinas" <catalin.marinas@arm.com>,
	linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org, lkml <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"Uwe Kleine-König" <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>,
	linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] Kconfig: Enable Kconfig fragments to be used for defconfig
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2010 22:11:31 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <201007162211.31973.arnd@arndb.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikqHnyFVJF0Pzwy2xtKeNSXYAPFdPkAkLiXK8Ls@mail.gmail.com>

On Friday 16 July 2010 20:46:17 Linus Torvalds wrote:
> Maybe a full "solver" is unnecessary, for example, but just a simple
> "automatically enable the direct dependencies and scream when it's not
> simple any more" would take care of 99% of the common cases, and then
> warn when it needs some manual help.

I think the recursion should also be limited to cases where the
dependency is a valid selectable option, i.e. not for

# this architecture does not support MMIO
config HAS_IOMEM 
	def_bool 'n'

config PCI
	bool "PCI Device drivers"
	depends on HAS_IOMEM

config FOO
	tristate "Some device driver"
	depends on PCI

In this case, it would be straightforward for the solver to enable PCI
for when something selects CONFIG_FOO, but it should print a warning
if this is attempted while HAS_IOMEM is unconditionally disabled,
since that puts it into the "not simple" category.

	Arnd

WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: arnd@arndb.de (Arnd Bergmann)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [RFC PATCH] Kconfig: Enable Kconfig fragments to be used for defconfig
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2010 22:11:31 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <201007162211.31973.arnd@arndb.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikqHnyFVJF0Pzwy2xtKeNSXYAPFdPkAkLiXK8Ls@mail.gmail.com>

On Friday 16 July 2010 20:46:17 Linus Torvalds wrote:
> Maybe a full "solver" is unnecessary, for example, but just a simple
> "automatically enable the direct dependencies and scream when it's not
> simple any more" would take care of 99% of the common cases, and then
> warn when it needs some manual help.

I think the recursion should also be limited to cases where the
dependency is a valid selectable option, i.e. not for

# this architecture does not support MMIO
config HAS_IOMEM 
	def_bool 'n'

config PCI
	bool "PCI Device drivers"
	depends on HAS_IOMEM

config FOO
	tristate "Some device driver"
	depends on PCI

In this case, it would be straightforward for the solver to enable PCI
for when something selects CONFIG_FOO, but it should print a warning
if this is attempted while HAS_IOMEM is unconditionally disabled,
since that puts it into the "not simple" category.

	Arnd

  parent reply	other threads:[~2010-07-16 20:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 95+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-07-13 23:04 [RFC PATCH] Kconfig: Enable Kconfig fragments to be used for defconfig Grant Likely
2010-07-13 23:04 ` Grant Likely
2010-07-13 23:11 ` Grant Likely
2010-07-13 23:11   ` Grant Likely
2010-07-13 23:11   ` Grant Likely
2010-07-13 23:11   ` Grant Likely
2010-07-13 23:14 ` Daniel Walker
2010-07-13 23:14   ` Daniel Walker
2010-07-13 23:14   ` Daniel Walker
2010-07-13 23:21   ` Grant Likely
2010-07-13 23:21     ` Grant Likely
2010-07-13 23:21     ` Grant Likely
2010-07-13 23:21     ` Grant Likely
2010-07-13 23:33     ` Daniel Walker
2010-07-13 23:33       ` Daniel Walker
2010-07-13 23:33       ` Daniel Walker
2010-07-13 23:33       ` Daniel Walker
2010-07-14  0:07       ` Nicolas Pitre
2010-07-14  0:07         ` Nicolas Pitre
2010-07-14  0:07         ` Nicolas Pitre
2010-07-14 16:22         ` Daniel Walker
2010-07-14 16:22           ` Daniel Walker
2010-07-14 16:22           ` Daniel Walker
2010-07-16 23:49           ` Jamie Lokier
2010-07-16 23:49             ` Jamie Lokier
2010-07-16 23:49             ` Jamie Lokier
2010-07-19  5:20             ` Grant Likely
2010-07-19  5:20               ` Grant Likely
2010-07-19  5:20               ` Grant Likely
2010-07-19  5:20               ` Grant Likely
2010-07-16 16:03 ` Catalin Marinas
2010-07-16 16:03   ` Catalin Marinas
2010-07-16 16:03   ` Catalin Marinas
2010-07-16 17:57   ` Grant Likely
2010-07-16 17:57     ` Grant Likely
2010-07-16 17:57     ` Grant Likely
2010-07-16 17:57     ` Grant Likely
2010-07-16 18:07     ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2010-07-16 18:07       ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2010-07-16 18:07       ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2010-07-16 18:17       ` Linus Torvalds
2010-07-16 18:17         ` Linus Torvalds
2010-07-16 18:17         ` Linus Torvalds
2010-07-16 18:17         ` Linus Torvalds
2010-07-16 18:18       ` Grant Likely
2010-07-16 18:18         ` Grant Likely
2010-07-16 18:18         ` Grant Likely
2010-07-16 18:18         ` Grant Likely
2010-07-16 18:19     ` Nicolas Pitre
2010-07-16 18:19       ` Nicolas Pitre
2010-07-16 18:19       ` Nicolas Pitre
2010-07-16 18:21       ` Grant Likely
2010-07-16 18:21         ` Grant Likely
2010-07-16 18:21         ` Grant Likely
2010-07-16 18:21         ` Grant Likely
2010-07-16 18:31         ` Nicolas Pitre
2010-07-16 18:31           ` Nicolas Pitre
2010-07-16 18:31           ` Nicolas Pitre
2010-07-16 18:30       ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2010-07-16 18:30         ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2010-07-16 18:30         ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2010-07-16 18:40         ` Nicolas Pitre
2010-07-16 18:40           ` Nicolas Pitre
2010-07-16 18:40           ` Nicolas Pitre
2010-07-16 18:46           ` Linus Torvalds
2010-07-16 18:46             ` Linus Torvalds
2010-07-16 18:46             ` Linus Torvalds
2010-07-16 18:46             ` Linus Torvalds
2010-07-16 20:09             ` Catalin Marinas
2010-07-16 20:09               ` Catalin Marinas
2010-07-16 20:09               ` Catalin Marinas
2010-07-16 20:17               ` Grant Likely
2010-07-16 20:17                 ` Grant Likely
2010-07-16 20:17                 ` Grant Likely
2010-07-16 20:17                 ` Grant Likely
2010-07-16 20:29                 ` Nicolas Pitre
2010-07-16 20:29                   ` Nicolas Pitre
2010-07-16 20:29                   ` Nicolas Pitre
2010-07-16 20:37                   ` Grant Likely
2010-07-16 20:37                     ` Grant Likely
2010-07-16 20:37                     ` Grant Likely
2010-07-16 20:37                     ` Grant Likely
2010-07-16 20:44                 ` Catalin Marinas
2010-07-16 20:44                   ` Catalin Marinas
2010-07-16 20:44                   ` Catalin Marinas
2010-07-16 20:11             ` Arnd Bergmann [this message]
2010-07-16 20:11               ` Arnd Bergmann
2010-07-16 20:11               ` Arnd Bergmann
2010-07-16 18:52         ` Grant Likely
2010-07-16 18:52           ` Grant Likely
2010-07-16 18:52           ` Grant Likely
2010-07-16 18:52           ` Grant Likely
2010-07-16 20:01     ` Arnd Bergmann
2010-07-16 20:01       ` Arnd Bergmann
2010-07-16 20:01       ` Arnd Bergmann

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