Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933044AbaFLJrv (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Jun 2014 05:47:51 -0400 Received: from gw-1.arm.linux.org.uk ([78.32.30.217]:55440 "EHLO pandora.arm.linux.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933001AbaFLJrs (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Jun 2014 05:47:48 -0400 Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 10:47:45 +0100 From: Russell King - ARM Linux To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Kconfig fails: big select-based circular dependency Message-ID: <20140612094745.GD23430@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> References: <20140607090944.GL23430@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20140607090944.GL23430@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.19 (2009-01-05) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Ping. This causes randconfig and all*config to fail without building anything. If no one responds, I'll assume that no one is interested, and I'll just create a pile of patches removing a bunch of these idiotic select statements at random to break this loop. On Sat, Jun 07, 2014 at 10:09:44AM +0100, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote: > This is getting silly: > > scripts/kconfig/conf --silentoldconfig Kconfig > drivers/dma/Kconfig:5:error: recursive dependency detected! > drivers/dma/Kconfig:5: symbol DMADEVICES is selected by SAMSUNG_DMADEV > arch/arm/plat-samsung/Kconfig:412: symbol SAMSUNG_DMADEV is selected by S3C64XX_PL080 > arch/arm/mach-s3c64xx/Kconfig:20: symbol S3C64XX_PL080 is selected by SPI_S3C64XX > drivers/spi/Kconfig:429: symbol SPI_S3C64XX depends on SPI > drivers/spi/Kconfig:8: symbol SPI is selected by DRM_PANEL_LD9040 > drivers/gpu/drm/panel/Kconfig:19: symbol DRM_PANEL_LD9040 depends on DRM_PANEL > drivers/gpu/drm/panel/Kconfig:1: symbol DRM_PANEL is selected by DRM_IMX_LDB > drivers/staging/imx-drm/Kconfig:35: symbol DRM_IMX_LDB depends on MFD_SYSCON > drivers/mfd/Kconfig:722: symbol MFD_SYSCON is selected by POWER_RESET_KEYSTONE > drivers/power/reset/Kconfig:76: symbol POWER_RESET_KEYSTONE depends on POWER_SUPPLY > drivers/power/Kconfig:1: symbol POWER_SUPPLY is selected by HID_SONY > drivers/hid/Kconfig:622: symbol HID_SONY depends on NEW_LEDS > drivers/leds/Kconfig:8: symbol NEW_LEDS is selected by BACKLIGHT_ADP8860 > drivers/video/backlight/Kconfig:327: symbol BACKLIGHT_ADP8860 depends on BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE > drivers/video/backlight/Kconfig:156: symbol BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE is selected by FB_MX3 > drivers/video/fbdev/Kconfig:2333: symbol FB_MX3 depends on MX3_IPU > drivers/dma/Kconfig:121: symbol MX3_IPU depends on DMADEVICES > > This is a good illustration why the select disease is truely bad... > > -- > FTTC broadband for 0.8mile line: now at 9.7Mbps down 460kbps up... slowly > improving, and getting towards what was expected from it. > > _______________________________________________ > linux-arm-kernel mailing list > linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org > http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-arm-kernel -- FTTC broadband for 0.8mile line: now at 9.7Mbps down 460kbps up... slowly improving, and getting towards what was expected from it. -- 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/