Re: [patch] s390 kconfig cleanup.

[Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>]

On Mon, 2006-05-15 at 14:24 -0700, Chris Wright wrote:
> * Andi Kleen (ak@suse.de) wrote:
> > > That is where the arch people get involved. Can we come
> > > up with a method how to "tag" all menus in the Kconfig files
> > > under drivers/ with a positive list of the architectures
> > > that actually want to include the menu/driver? Or even
> > > better tag the menu/driver with the bus that is required
> > > to attach the device?
> > 
> > Xen has a similar problem. They currently have tons of ugly negative
> > checks too. REAL_HARDWARE or similar is needed there, but it might
> > not fit the s390.
> > 
> > Checking PCI is a good start and should apply to most menus already.
> 
> I like the idea of extending this to the bus like PCI already does.
> Do you have some examples where this doesn't work well?

For example Memory Technology Device (MTD) support, Parallel port
support, Plug and Play support,  ATA/ATAPI/MFM/RLL support, ISDN
subsystem, Telephony Support, etc...

Search for all menus tagged with !S390 in the patch and you will get a
good overview.

-- 
blue skies,
  Martin.

Martin Schwidefsky
Linux for zSeries Development & Services
IBM Deutschland Entwicklung GmbH

"Reality continues to ruin my life." - Calvin.