Re: kernel 2.6.0, wrong Kconfig directives

OGAWA Hirofumi
2003-12-26T01:24:01Z

OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp> writes:

> Muli Ben-Yehuda <mulix@mulix.org> writes:
>
> > > I see. So why did we need the SOUND_GAMEPORT?
> >
> > I thought I explained this above, quite verbosely :-)
> > Rather than make the sound drivers depend directly on GAMEPORT, which
> > is troublesome because Kconfig has no provisions for this type of
> > dependancy, we create an artificial dependency, SOUND_GAMEPORT, which
> > the sound driver depends on. SOUND_GAMEPORT depends on GAMEPORT, and
> > Kconfig ends up doing the right thing. I hope that was clearer.
>
> Umm... SOUND_GAMEPORT is always true, so GAMEPORT is just option, not
> dependency.
>
> It may be good to be documented as the help of Kconfig instead of
> SOUND_GAMEPORT...

Ah, sorry. You are right. I understanded it now.
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OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp>