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Date:   Thu, 14 Sep 2023 07:05:31 +0200
From:   "Arnd Bergmann" <arnd@arndb.de>
To:     "Nicolas Schier" <nicolas@fjasle.eu>
Cc:     "Arnd Bergmann" <arnd@kernel.org>,
        "Masahiro Yamada" <masahiroy@kernel.org>,
        "Jonathan Corbet" <corbet@lwn.net>,
        "Sakari Ailus" <sakari.ailus@iki.fi>,
        "Javier Martinez Canillas" <javierm@redhat.com>,
        "Nathan Chancellor" <nathan@kernel.org>,
        "Nick Desaulniers" <ndesaulniers@google.com>,
        linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: kbuild: explain handling optional dependencies
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On Thu, Sep 14, 2023, at 05:51, Nicolas Schier wrote:
> On Wed 13 Sep 2023 23:16:47 GMT, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
>> On Wed, Sep 13, 2023, at 22:34, Nicolas Schier wrote:
>> >
>> > BAR=y  => FOO={N/m/y}
>> > BAR=m  => FOO is not selectable
>> > BAR=n  => FOO={N/m/y}
>> 
>> That is indeed the point: if BAR=m, we want to be able to pick FOO=m
>> here, otherwise it is impossible to enabled everything as modules.
>
> oh, I misinterpreted your very first sentence; thanks for clarifying it to me
> and sorry for the noise.
> With the minor fixes:
>
> Reviewed-by: Nicolas Schier <nicolas@fjasle.eu>
>

Ok, thanks!

I understand that the text is still confusing, so if anyone has an
idea for how to improve it further, let me know, otherwise
I'll send what I have now with type fixes as v2.

     Arnd