RE: [2.6 patch] let IA64_GENERIC select more stuff

Chen, Kenneth W
2006-02-08T21:36:33Z

Matthew Wilcox wrote on Wednesday, February 08, 2006 1:24 PM
> On Wed, Feb 08, 2006 at 11:55:58AM -0800, Chen, Kenneth W wrote:
> > CONFIG_IA64_GENERIC select CONFIG_ACPI, and CONFIG_ACPI select CONFIG_PCI,
> > This whole thread is silly since the beginning and it is a moot point for
> > all of previous discussions. What are we talking about exactly??
>
> I think the problem is that ia64 is abusing the 'select' feature.
> Select is a reverse dependency. It should be used to turn things on
> which are required for this option to work. Right now, the generic
> config uses it to turn on things which people think you probably want
> if you're building a generic kernel.
>
> IMO, the select statements should be deleted. They make it impossible to
> build a generic kernel without ACPI or NUMA. While both are ubiquitous
> in ia64 implementations, they really aren't mandatory.

Things are mangled so badly that you can't even compile a generic kernel
after deselecting ACPI.