Re: 2.6.23-git Kconfig regression

[Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>]

David Brownell wrote:
>>> 	(Originally posted to kbuild-devel per MAINTAINERS, but
>>> 	that post was rejected since that is -- undocumented,
>>> 	sigh -- a members-only list.)
>> That mailing list is no longer used.  Today's git pull for kbuild
>> included this change:
>>
>>  KCONFIG
>>  P:	Roman Zippel
>>  M:	zippel@linux-m68k.org
>> -L:	kbuild-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
>> +L:	linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org
>>  S:	Maintained
> 
> I hadn't pulled that one yet... ;)
> 
> 
>>> I noticed a regression, visible in the drivers/usb/gadget Kconfig;
>>> it seems to be quite recent.
>>>
>>> ...
>> Hm, it does look very odd.  It looks like it has something to
>> do with <choice> working differently for some reason.
>>
>> In xconfig, I set all of the View Options and when I click on one
>> of the periph. controllers, it says
>>
>> 	depends on =y && PCI
> 
> That's what I saw too.  Looked dubious ... 
> 
> 
>> but if I back up to -git7, it says
>>
>> 	depends on <choice> && PCI
> 
> And that git7 thing doesn't look _quite_ so odd.  Did git7 actually
> let you configure a modular GOKU (for example), i.e. work correctly?

Yes, -git9 does.

Looks to me like it broke on -git10.  -git9 is OK.

>> I'll keep looking.
> 
> Thanks.  Kconfig is one of the areas I prefer to let others
> be the experts.  :)


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~Randy