Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1764220AbXESSL7 (ORCPT ); Sat, 19 May 2007 14:11:59 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1764129AbXESSLr (ORCPT ); Sat, 19 May 2007 14:11:47 -0400 Received: from smtp2.linux-foundation.org ([207.189.120.14]:52409 "EHLO smtp2.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1764120AbXESSLq (ORCPT ); Sat, 19 May 2007 14:11:46 -0400 Date: Sat, 19 May 2007 11:09:44 -0700 From: Andrew Morton To: Sam Ravnborg Cc: LKML , Roman Zippel Subject: Re: RFC: kconfig select warnings bogus? Message-Id: <20070519110944.2a52061e.akpm@linux-foundation.org> In-Reply-To: <20070519151523.GA26724@uranus.ravnborg.org> References: <20070519151523.GA26724@uranus.ravnborg.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.4.1 (GTK+ 2.8.17; x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1249 Lines: 25 On Sat, 19 May 2007 17:15:23 +0200 Sam Ravnborg wrote: > We see a lot of these lately: > GEN /home/bor/build/linux-2.6.22/Makefile > scripts/kconfig/conf -s arch/i386/Kconfig > drivers/macintosh/Kconfig:116:warning: 'select' used by config symbol 'PMAC_APM_EMU' refers to undefined symbol 'SYS_SUPPORTS_APM_EMULATION' > drivers/net/Kconfig:2283:warning: 'select' used by config symbol 'UCC_GETH' refers to undefined symbol 'UCC_FAST' > drivers/input/keyboard/Kconfig:170:warning: 'select' used by config symbol 'KEYBOARD_ATARI' refers to undefined symbol 'ATARI_KBD_CORE' > drivers/input/mouse/Kconfig:182:warning: 'select' used by config symbol 'MOUSE_ATARI' refers to undefined symbol 'ATARI_KBD_CORE' > > > Do this warning really add any value or should we just ignore them like this? > They always indicate Kconfig bugs, don't they? If so, we should keep the warning. We should also fix the Kconfig bugs but for some reason they tend to hang around for ages and ages. - 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/