Re: [patch] MTD: fix DOC2000/2001/2001PLUS build error

[Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>]

Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 7 Feb 2007, David Woodhouse wrote:
>> It isn't that far off, and we could improve it if we wanted to. In
>> _general_ it's quite good already.
> 
> I agree that it's close to hierarchical. But it's literally the exceptions 
> that get you.
> 
> Let me mention (again) USB_STORAGE and ATA.
> 
> They are not "under" SCSI. Making them do that would be insane.
> 
> But yes, you can do hierarchies by adding "pseudo-variables": as 
> mentioned several times, we could actually split CONFIG_SCSI into two 
> separate ones: CONFIG_SCSI that selects the core infrastructure, and 
> CONFIG_SCSI_DRIVER that actually controls the "hierarchical visibility". 
> 
> Then CONFIG_SCSI_DRIVER (and USB_STORAGE, and SATA) would just do a simple 
> 'select SCSI'. It would _not_ be hierarchical, and it would very much use 
> that same old "select", but it would possibly be a cleanup at least in the 
> sense that now CONFIG_SCSI wouldn't be used two different ways (one to 
> hide most SCSI drivers, and one to enable the core SCSI infrastructure 
> code).
> 
>> It would work quite nicely in the graphical tools, although you've
>> thrown me a little by wanting it in the hacker's tool 'oldconfig' too.
>> You obviously care more about turning stuff _on_ with 'make oldconfig'
>> while other people who've spoken up seem to care more, as I do, about
>> turning stuff _off_ that way. If I want my hand held, I'm happy enough
>> to use the graphical tools.
> 
> I tend to just edit the .config file, and run "make oldconfig". And I know 
> I'm not the only one, because I've talked to others who do the same.
> 
> And yes, then it's almost always correct to "turn things on as needed to 
> make everything work out right", while turning things off would be 
> actively wrong.

That seems odd to me.  I usually use edit + oldconfig to disable a
symbol.  Maybe to enable a symbol occasionally.  But the symbols
that I want to enable usually aren't listed in .config at all,
so I end up using another config tool to enable them.
E.g., a sound driver when SOUND is completely disabled.

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~Randy