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Date:   Thu, 14 Apr 2022 09:17:18 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To:     cam enih <nanericwang@gmail.com>
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On Thu, Apr 14, 2022 at 03:00:30PM +0800, cam enih wrote:
> sorry for confusion.

Again, please do not top-post.

> 1. MR=merge request;

We do not have merge requests in the kernel, so I do not understand what
you are saying we do differently here.

> 2. In this case, the change depends on a non-existing config option which I
> believe can be detected at compile time.

Specifically, please show us how we should have caught this so we can do
that in the future.  I do not see how this can be detected at compile
time as it is no different from a normal config option not being
selected.

thanks,

greg k-h