Re: [PATCH][RFC] check for select dependency errors on config load

Steven Rostedt
2009-02-21T20:07:27Z

On Fri, 20 Feb 2009, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>
> EMBEDDED is misnamed. It means "those who think that they know enough
> to use all of the power of kconfig."
> Some people spell that EXPERT etc.
> Or it means "let me shoot myself in the foot."
>
> So HOTPLUG, INPUT, FW_LOADER, etc. should not be modified by Aunt Tillie,
> but you and I can play with them.

We really should go and rename it then :-/

>
>
> for SERIO:
>
> config SERIO
> tristate "Serial I/O support" if EMBEDDED || !X86
> default y
>
> Experts can modify it. !X86 can modify it.
> It's usually needed on X86 for keyboard controllers etc.,
> but if one sets EMBEDDED, you can muck up your config and not be
> able to use the keyboard.
>
> I don't know where the !S390 comes from, but it's not surprising.

Anyway, to avoid having these spit out all the time, I'll see if I can
make it not warn if the dependency was on EMBEDDED/EXPERT. I'll try to
work on it when I have time.

Note, the config I used was originally generated by randconfig.

Thanks,

-- Steve