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* Re: [TRIVIAL] PATCH 2.5: kconfig missing OBSOLETE (1_3)
       [not found] <3D515FF2.3000009@mandrakesoft.com>
@ 2002-08-08  2:44 ` Rusty Russell
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From: Rusty Russell @ 2002-08-08  2:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Jeff Garzik; +Cc: Marcelo Tosatti, linux-kernel

In message <3D515FF2.3000009@mandrakesoft.com> you write:
> >        if [ "$CONFIG_OBSOLETE" = "y" ]; then
> > -         tristate '    FMV-181/182/183/184 support' CONFIG_FMV18X
> > +         tristate '    FMV-181/182/183/184 support (OBSOLETE)' CONFIG_FMV18X
> why bother?
> 
> CONFIG_OBSOLETE is not something people can select in 'make config'.

At the moment that is true.  But someone who still wants the driver
can hack it into their own .config, and they should be warned for
consistency.

Of course, a *policy* on depending on CONFIG_OBSOLETE would be nice,
Rusty.
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