From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S934088AbYD3Wjd (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:39:33 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1763876AbYD3Wiu (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:38:50 -0400 Received: from mx3.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.1.138]:52682 "EHLO mx3.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1763112AbYD3Wis (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:38:48 -0400 Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 00:38:29 +0200 From: Ingo Molnar To: Dmitry Torokhov Cc: Stephen Hemminger , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Morton , Roman Zippel , Jan Engelhardt , Richard Purdie , Sam Ravnborg Subject: Re: [patch, -git] input: CONFIG_INPUT_APANEL build fix Message-ID: <20080430223828.GA31878@elte.hu> References: <20080430185345.GA27224@elte.hu> <20080430150021.ZZRA012@mailhub.coreip.homeip.net> <20080430202013.GB14164@elte.hu> <20080430163924.ZZRA012@mailhub.coreip.homeip.net> <20080430212029.GA28813@elte.hu> <20080430222645.GB2629@anvil.corenet.prv> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080430222645.GB2629@anvil.corenet.prv> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) X-ELTE-VirusStatus: clean X-ELTE-SpamScore: -1.5 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-1.5 required=5.9 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.2.3 -1.5 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org * Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > > i'm not suggesting this is your fault in any way - but nevertheless > > many other subsystems have to deal with the same Kconfig issues and > > they manage to limp along. > > I believe I see a steady stream of breakage for leds dependencies from > all subsystems. they limp along by adding "depends on NEW_LEDS". 99% of the users will use some pre-cooked distro kernel where all these options are turned on, so the flattening and coupling of the dependencies is not a real issue in practice. Ingo