Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262271AbTEUVid (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 May 2003 17:38:33 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262282AbTEUVid (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 May 2003 17:38:33 -0400 Received: from pasmtp.tele.dk ([193.162.159.95]:39176 "EHLO pasmtp.tele.dk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262271AbTEUVib (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 May 2003 17:38:31 -0400 Date: Wed, 21 May 2003 23:51:16 +0200 From: Sam Ravnborg To: Manuel Estrada Sainz Cc: Greg KH , LKML , Simon Kelley , Alan Cox , jt@hpl.hp.com, Pavel Roskin , Oliver Neukum , David Gibson , zippel@linux-m68k.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Re: request_firmware() hotplug interface, third round and a halve Message-ID: <20030521215116.GA3441@mars.ravnborg.org> Mail-Followup-To: Manuel Estrada Sainz , Greg KH , LKML , Simon Kelley , Alan Cox , jt@hpl.hp.com, Pavel Roskin , Oliver Neukum , David Gibson , zippel@linux-m68k.org References: <20030517221921.GA28077@ranty.ddts.net> <20030521072318.GA12973@kroah.com> <20030521185212.GC12677@ranty.ddts.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030521185212.GC12677@ranty.ddts.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 891 Lines: 27 On Wed, May 21, 2003 at 08:52:12PM +0200, Manuel Estrada Sainz wrote: > > Maybe kbuild could allow forcing one option from another, a companion > for 'depends', lets call it 'hard_depends' > > depends FOO > If FOO is not there the entry won't even be shown in the > menu. > hard_depends FOO > FOO gets set to satisfy the dependency. > Roman Zippel introduced: "enable" in his latest Kconfig goodies: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=105274692328723&w=2 Would that be usefull for you? This would allow you to set CONFIG_LOADER for the drivers that really needs it. IIRC this is not included in Linus-BK yet. Sam - 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/