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Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2015 10:18:17 +0200
From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@lip6.fr>
Cc: Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@gmail.com>,
	Shraddha Barke <shraddha.6596@gmail.com>,
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Subject: Re: [Outreachy kernel] [PATCH] Staging: android: Remove unneeded
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On Thu, Oct 01, 2015 at 10:04:38AM +0200, Julia Lawall wrote:
> > Yes, but other files might use those functions and they need to still
> > build if the config option is not enabled.
> 
> Are there some drivers in particular for which one should watch out for
> this issue?

drivers/staging/android/ should be the only stuff that has this issue.
I'd recommend everyone staying away from drivers/staging/android/ unless
you are an Andoid kernel developer, and even those people know to keep
away from it :)

thanks,

greg k-h