Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754539AbaDFVOU (ORCPT ); Sun, 6 Apr 2014 17:14:20 -0400 Received: from cpsmtpb-ews10.kpnxchange.com ([213.75.39.15]:56711 "EHLO cpsmtpb-ews10.kpnxchange.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750797AbaDFVOQ (ORCPT ); Sun, 6 Apr 2014 17:14:16 -0400 Message-ID: <1396818854.7118.3.camel@x220> Subject: Re: Kconfig circular dependency question From: Paul Bolle To: Larry Finger Cc: Randy Dunlap , LKML Date: Sun, 06 Apr 2014 23:14:14 +0200 In-Reply-To: <5341C22A.1050907@lwfinger.net> References: <5341AFC7.1070001@lwfinger.net> <5341B999.3050206@infradead.org> <1396817575.4886.23.camel@x220> <5341C22A.1050907@lwfinger.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.10.4 (3.10.4-2.fc20) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 06 Apr 2014 21:14:14.0852 (UTC) FILETIME=[29D59840:01CF51DD] X-RcptDomain: vger.kernel.org Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, 2014-04-06 at 16:07 -0500, Larry Finger wrote: > As you have seen in my reply to Randy, this appears to arise from violating one > of the edicts of Linus that says that no configuration variable should select a > subsystem. Of course, one could argue that RFKILL is also a subsystem, and that > R8723AU should depend on it rather that selecting it. > > My day also seems to be slowing. :) Would you mind sharing the .config that triggered this? (I guess I also need to know the make command you ran.) Than I could play with this, on a not so slow day, and maybe, just maybe, understand what's going on. Paul Bolle -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/