Re: [ARM] Group device drivers together under their own menu

Matthew Wilcox
2005-03-27T00:45:56Z

On Sat, Mar 26, 2005 at 10:50:26PM +0000, Russell King wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 26, 2005 at 09:41:41PM +0000, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> > Any reason you can't merge ARM's options into the drivers/*/Kconfig (with
> > appropriate conditionals) and use drivers/Kconfig?
>
> Dunno. Haven't gotten around to sorting that out yet, and I don't
> particularly fancy trying to fight any corners over it.
>
> I think, a while back, it was thought to be better to keep ARM separate
> to keep the conditionals out of drivers/Kconfig.
>
> If the general concensus has changed, I might eventually sort it out if
> it causes enough trouble, or people think there's sufficient value to it.

As the original author of drivers/Kconfig, I think it's a brilliant
idea that everybody should use ;-) I haven't heard any dissenting
opinions yet. The only complaint I've heard is that net/Kconfig is now
under device drivers. I didn't make that change, and I agree it sucks.

--
"Next the statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting the blame upon
the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those
conscience-soothing falsities, and will diligently study them, and refuse
to examine any refutations of them; and thus he will by and by convince
himself that the war is just, and will thank God for the better sleep
he enjoys after this process of grotesque self-deception." -- Mark Twain