Re: problem in drivers/block/Config.in (PATCH)

[Pozsar Balazs <pozsy@sch.bme.hu>]

On Fri, Mar 30, 2001 at 10:17:08PM +0200, Herbert Rosmanith wrote:
> 
> hi,
> 
> I noticed that the option CONFIG_PARIDE_PARPORT will always be "y",
> even if CONFIG_PARIDE_PARPORT="n". I checked with kernels 2.2.18
> and 2.2.19.
> 
> the file responsible is "drivers/block/Config.in", around line 126.
> it reads:
> 
> # PARIDE doesn't need PARPORT, but if PARPORT is configured as a module,
> # PARIDE must also be a module.  The bogus CONFIG_PARIDE_PARPORT option
> # controls the choices given to the user ...
> 
> if [ "$CONFIG_PARPORT" = "y" -o "$CONFIG_PARPORT" = "n" ] ; then
>    define_bool CONFIG_PARIDE_PARPORT y
> else
>    define_bool CONFIG_PARIDE_PARPORT m
> fi
> 
> so, as you can see, CONFIG_PARIDE_PARPORT will be set to "yes" even
> if CONFIG_PARPORT="no".
> 
> why not simply write:
> 
> 	define_bool CONFIG_PARIDE_PARPORT $CONFIG_PARPORT
> 
> instead?

In fact, if we want to get what is said in the comment, we should write:

if [ "$CONFIG_PARPORT" = "m" -a "$CONFIG_PARIDE_PARPORT" = "y" ] ; then
   define_bool CONFIG_PARIDE_PARPORT m
fi

regards,
Balazs Pozsar.