Re: [patch, -git] media/video/sound build fix, TEA5761/TEA5767

Sam Ravnborg
2008-04-30T11:30:48Z

On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 04:17:03AM -0700, David Miller wrote:
> From: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
> Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:11:31 +0200
>
> > IMO, it's the reverse selection from sound to V4L that makes things
> > complicated. I believe it's better to fix it as a normal dependency.
> >
> > How about the patch below?
>
> The question that remains is what does this mean for users?
>
> How does a user, who wants to enable this 'sound' driver,
> learn that they must enable the v4l subsystem in order to
> do so?

[OT to the actual problem]

I have envisioned something like a "requires tag" that
would list what a config symbols needs.

Like in this case it would have been:

requires V4L

This should in the frontends then if the user selects a symbol
where the 'requires' are not satisfied with a window listing
the menuentries for the symbol that the user needs to
enable to satisfy what the original symbol requires.

This is the only way to do this in a way so the
user is actually aware that enabling a webcam also enables USB.
Or at least this is my best suggestion.

But sorry - I have not implemented it.
And it is likely more complicated than I foresee.

Sam