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Subject: Re: [RFC v1] tree-wide: remove "select FW_LOADER" uses
From: Paul Bolle <pebolle@tiscali.nl>
To: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@suse.com>
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On Fri, 2015-05-22 at 21:28 +0200, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: 
> > So I see your GYM and LOCKER example, or better, the original FW &
> > CRYPTO warning and I wonder why do we actually go and check dependencies
> > of selected symbols when resolving given symbol.
> 
> I'm no kconfig expert and I wondered the same.
> 
> Perhaps Paul can elaborate.

Because both the dependencies of a symbol and the select statements on
that symbol influence the set of values that is possible for that
symbol.


Paul Bolle

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