Re: [GIT PATCH] SCSI updates for 2.6.25

[Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx>]

On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 04:09:27PM +0200, Stefan Richter wrote:
> Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> >--- a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt
> >+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt
> >   Note:
> >-	select is evil.... select will by brute force set a symbol
> >-	equal to 'y' without visiting the dependencies. So abusing
> >-	select you are able to select a symbol FOO even if FOO depends
> >+	select should be used with care.  It can set a symbol
> >+	without visiting the dependencies.  By abusing select you are
> >+	able to select a symbol FOO even if FOO depends
> > 	on BAR that is not set. In general use select only for
> > 	non-visible symbols (no prompts anywhere) and for symbols with
> > 	no dependencies. That will limit the usefulness but on the
> 
> "It can set a symbol without visiting the dependencies." = imprecise
> 
> "select will by brute force set a symbol [...] without visiting the 
> dependencies." = clear.  So why not leave this portion of the text as it is.

"brute force" is pejorative, not clear.  I'm not really interested in
bikeshedding this issue.

> Maybe change
> 	"equal to 'y'"
> to
> 	"equal to 'y' or 'm'"
> or to
> 	""
> to make it entirely correct.
> -- 
> Stefan Richter
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