Re: [PATCH] Re: request_firmware() hotplug interface, third round and a halve

Sam Ravnborg
2003-05-21T21:38:33Z

On Wed, May 21, 2003 at 08:52:12PM +0200, Manuel Estrada Sainz wrote:
>
> Maybe kbuild could allow forcing one option from another, a companion
> for 'depends', lets call it 'hard_depends'
>
> depends FOO
> If FOO is not there the entry won't even be shown in the
> menu.
> hard_depends FOO
> FOO gets set to satisfy the dependency.
>

Roman Zippel introduced: "enable" in his latest Kconfig goodies:
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=105274692328723&w=2

Would that be usefull for you?
This would allow you to set CONFIG_LOADER for the drivers that
really needs it.

IIRC this is not included in Linus-BK yet.

Sam