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From: "Arend van Spriel" <arend@broadcom.com>
To: Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@arm.linux.org.uk>,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-omap@vger.kernel.org,
	Kishon Vijay Abraham I <kishon@ti.com>,
	Felipe Balbi <balbi@ti.com>,
	Santosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar@ti.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: OMAP build failure after this merge window - caused by usb or phy Kconfig krap
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 18:50:38 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <52938DEE.4030905@broadcom.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20131125140927.GP16735@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk>

On 11/25/2013 03:09 PM, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> which just illustrates why "select" in Kconfig is soo fscking bad that
> it shouldn't be used.

The problem is that instinctively people assume that select is the 
opposite from depends. Unfortunately, it is not and it is a pitfall for 
many.

Gr. AvS


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From: arend@broadcom.com (Arend van Spriel)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: OMAP build failure after this merge window - caused by usb or phy Kconfig krap
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 18:50:38 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <52938DEE.4030905@broadcom.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20131125140927.GP16735@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk>

On 11/25/2013 03:09 PM, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> which just illustrates why "select" in Kconfig is soo fscking bad that
> it shouldn't be used.

The problem is that instinctively people assume that select is the 
opposite from depends. Unfortunately, it is not and it is a pitfall for 
many.

Gr. AvS

  reply	other threads:[~2013-11-25 17:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-11-25 14:09 OMAP build failure after this merge window - caused by usb or phy Kconfig krap Russell King - ARM Linux
2013-11-25 14:09 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2013-11-25 17:50 ` Arend van Spriel [this message]
2013-11-25 17:50   ` Arend van Spriel
2013-11-25 17:55 ` Felipe Balbi
2013-11-25 17:55   ` Felipe Balbi

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