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From:   Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 8 Mar 2021 18:10:11 +0200
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] power: supply: max8997_charger: make EXTCON dependency unconditional
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org>
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        Timon Baetz <timon.baetz@protonmail.com>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@kernel.org>,
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On Mon, Mar 8, 2021 at 6:06 PM Andy Shevchenko
<andy.shevchenko@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 8, 2021 at 5:29 PM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> > -       depends on EXTCON || !EXTCON
>
> I stumbled over this.
> What is the point of having this line at all?
> What magic trick does it serve for?

Okay, it seems I can answer my question: it requires extcon to be
built-in when the driver is built-in. I often saw similar written
slightly differently.


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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko