From: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
To: Satyam Sharma <satyam.sharma@gmail.com>
Cc: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>,
Krzysztof Halasa <khc@pm.waw.pl>,
Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk>,
lkml <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.arm.linux.org.uk
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] WAN Kconfig: change "depends on HDLC" to "select"
Date: Mon, 07 May 2007 16:31:48 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <463F8CB4.3040603@garzik.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <a781481a0705071115v5bce9382q166b9c0e0c52c6ef@mail.gmail.com>
Satyam Sharma wrote:
> Yes, mixing select and depends is a recipe for build disasters. Call
> me a rabid fanatic, but I would in fact go as far as to say that this
> whole "select" thing in the Kconfig process is one big BUG, and not a
> feature. People are lazy by nature and would rather just "select" a
> dependency for their config option than burden users with several
> "depends".
Tough, the kernel community has voted against you.
It makes far more sense to include a driver during kernel configuration,
and have that driver pull in its libraries via 'select'. The lame
alternative requires developers to know which libraries they need BEFORE
picking their drivers, which is backwards and requires legwork on the
part of the kernel developer.
Jeff
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-05-07 20:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 60+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-05-06 23:46 [PATCH 0/3] Intel IXP4xx network drivers Krzysztof Halasa
2007-05-07 0:06 ` [PATCH 1/3] WAN Kconfig: change "depends on HDLC" to "select" Krzysztof Halasa
2007-05-07 1:44 ` Roman Zippel
2007-05-07 9:35 ` Krzysztof Halasa
2007-05-07 11:22 ` Roman Zippel
2007-05-07 11:56 ` Krzysztof Halasa
2007-05-07 13:17 ` Roman Zippel
2007-05-07 13:21 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-05-07 13:46 ` Roman Zippel
2007-05-07 16:50 ` Krzysztof Halasa
2007-05-07 17:07 ` Roman Zippel
2007-05-07 18:15 ` Satyam Sharma
2007-05-07 20:31 ` Jeff Garzik [this message]
2007-05-07 20:49 ` Satyam Sharma
2007-05-07 20:50 ` Randy Dunlap
2007-05-07 22:39 ` Satyam Sharma
2007-05-07 22:52 ` Randy Dunlap
2007-05-07 20:57 ` Roman Zippel
2007-05-07 20:54 ` Krzysztof Halasa
2007-05-07 21:02 ` [PATCH] Use menuconfig objects II - netdev/wan Krzysztof Halasa
2007-05-07 21:08 ` [PATCH 1a/3] WAN Kconfig: change "depends on HDLC" to "select" Krzysztof Halasa
2007-05-07 0:07 ` [PATCH 2/3] ARM: include IXP4xx "fuses" support Krzysztof Halasa
2007-05-07 5:24 ` Alexey Zaytsev
2007-05-07 10:24 ` Krzysztof Halasa
2007-05-07 0:07 ` [PATCH 3/3] Intel IXP4xx network drivers Krzysztof Halasa
2007-05-07 12:59 ` Michael-Luke Jones
2007-05-07 17:12 ` Krzysztof Halasa
2007-05-07 17:52 ` Christian Hohnstaedt
2007-05-07 20:00 ` Krzysztof Halasa
2007-05-08 11:48 ` Lennert Buytenhek
2007-05-08 13:47 ` Krzysztof Halasa
2007-05-07 18:14 ` Michael-Luke Jones
2007-05-07 19:57 ` Krzysztof Halasa
2007-05-07 20:18 ` Michael-Luke Jones
2007-05-08 11:46 ` Lennert Buytenhek
2007-05-08 0:11 ` [PATCH] Intel IXP4xx network drivers v.2 Krzysztof Halasa
2007-05-08 0:36 ` [PATCH] Intel IXP4xx network drivers v.2 - NPE Krzysztof Halasa
2007-05-08 7:02 ` Michael-Luke Jones
2007-05-08 13:56 ` Krzysztof Halasa
2007-05-08 0:46 ` [PATCH] Intel IXP4xx network drivers v.3 - QMGR Krzysztof Halasa
2007-05-08 7:05 ` Michael-Luke Jones
2007-05-08 13:57 ` Krzysztof Halasa
2007-05-08 11:32 ` Lennert Buytenhek
2007-05-08 12:47 ` Alexey Zaytsev
2007-05-08 12:59 ` Lennert Buytenhek
2007-05-08 14:12 ` Krzysztof Halasa
2007-05-08 14:40 ` Lennert Buytenhek
2007-05-08 16:59 ` Krzysztof Halasa
2007-05-09 10:21 ` Lennert Buytenhek
2007-05-10 14:08 ` Krzysztof Halasa
2007-05-08 1:19 ` [PATCH] Intel IXP4xx network drivers v.2 - Ethernet and HSS Krzysztof Halasa
2007-05-08 5:28 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-05-08 7:22 ` Michael-Luke Jones
2007-05-08 11:37 ` Lennert Buytenhek
2007-05-08 14:31 ` Krzysztof Halasa
2007-05-08 14:53 ` Lennert Buytenhek
2007-05-08 17:17 ` Krzysztof Halasa
2007-05-08 11:40 ` [PATCH 3/3] Intel IXP4xx network drivers Lennert Buytenhek
2007-05-07 10:27 ` [PATCH 2a/3] " Krzysztof Halasa
2007-05-08 1:40 ` [PATCH 0/3] " Krzysztof Halasa
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