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From: Evgeniy Polyakov <johnpol@2ka.mipt.ru>
To: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: Adrian Bunk <bunk@fs.tum.de>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] let W1 select NET
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 15:06:29 +0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1092395189.12729.448.camel@uganda> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0408131253000.20634@scrub.home>

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On Fri, 2004-08-13 at 14:54, Roman Zippel wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Fri, 13 Aug 2004, Evgeniy Polyakov wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, 2004-08-13 at 14:32, Roman Zippel wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > On Fri, 13 Aug 2004, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > > 
> > > >  config W1
> > > >  	tristate "Dallas's 1-wire support"
> > > > +	select NET
> > > 
> > > What's wrong with a simple dependency?
> > 
> > W1 requires NET, and thus depends on it.
> > If you _do_ want W1 then you _do_ need network and then NET must be
> > selected.
> 
> A simple "depends on NET" does this as well, I see no reason to abuse 
> select.

I think it does it in reverse order:
if we have NET then we _may_ select W1, but if we _need_ W1 and do not
know upon what it depends?

> bye, Roman
-- 
	Evgeniy Polyakov ( s0mbre )

Crash is better than data corruption. -- Art Grabowski

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2004-08-13 11:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-08-13 10:17 [2.6 patch] let W1 select NET Adrian Bunk
2004-08-13 10:31 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2004-08-13 10:32 ` Roman Zippel
2004-08-13 10:46   ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2004-08-13 10:54     ` Roman Zippel
2004-08-13 11:01       ` Adrian Bunk
2004-08-13 11:26         ` Bernd Eckenfels
2004-08-13 12:11         ` Roman Zippel
2004-08-13 12:24           ` Adrian Bunk
2004-08-13 17:00           ` Randy.Dunlap
2004-08-15 17:13             ` Roman Zippel
2004-08-13 12:12         ` Russell King
2004-08-16  2:18           ` Miles Bader
2004-08-13 11:06       ` Evgeniy Polyakov [this message]
2004-08-13 10:54   ` Adrian Bunk
2004-08-13 11:06     ` Roman Zippel
2004-08-13 13:52     ` Cornelia Huck
2004-08-13 15:10       ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2004-08-13 15:45         ` Cornelia Huck
2004-08-13 17:12           ` Evgeniy Polyakov

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