Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S966282AbWKTRpM (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Nov 2006 12:45:12 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S966284AbWKTRpM (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Nov 2006 12:45:12 -0500 Received: from mailout.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:43785 "HELO mailout.stusta.mhn.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S966282AbWKTRpK (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Nov 2006 12:45:10 -0500 Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 18:45:09 +0100 From: Adrian Bunk To: Stefan Richter Cc: Patrick Caulfield , cluster-devel@redhat.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, David Teigland , Andrew Morton Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.19-rc5-mm2] fs/dlm: fix recursive dependency in Kconfig Message-ID: <20061120174509.GW31879@stusta.de> References: <456179F6.1060501@redhat.com> <45619547.5070301@s5r6.in-berlin.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <45619547.5070301@s5r6.in-berlin.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1298 Lines: 31 On Mon, Nov 20, 2006 at 12:45:11PM +0100, Stefan Richter wrote: >... > Anyway. Whatever you chose to do (or already have chosen to do) in > fs/dlm/Kconfig, keep in mind that the "select" keyword is presently only > poorly supported by the various .config generators and that it forces UI > considerations into the Kconfig files which should better not be > overloaded with UI issues. Or in other words: It is rather easy to write > correct and well-supported Kconfig files if you stick with "depend on", > but you get into trouble fast with generous usage of "select". For variables like NET or INET it doesn't matter in practice whether you use "select" or "depends on". But for other variables it makes it really hard for users to enable an option if you use "depends on". > Stefan Richter cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed - 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/