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

Manuel Estrada Sainz
2003-05-22T06:13:24Z

On Wed, May 21, 2003 at 11:51:16PM +0200, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> 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.

Yep, that is perfect.

> IIRC this is not included in Linus-BK yet.

Nop :( once it is in, I'll start using it. Oh, and I volunteer to
cleanup the CRC32 stuff on top of that :)

Have a nice day

Manuel