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From:   Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
Date:   Mon, 25 Sep 2023 16:06:41 +0900
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] [v2] Documentation: kbuild: explain handling optional dependencies
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org>
Cc:     Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
        Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@redhat.com>,
        Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@linux.intel.com>,
        Nicolas Schier <nicolas@fjasle.eu>,
        Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>,
        linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
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On Mon, Sep 18, 2023 at 4:20=E2=80=AFAM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org> wro=
te:
>
> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
>
> This problem frequently comes up in randconfig testing, with
> drivers failing to link because of a dependency on an optional
> feature.
>
> The Kconfig language for this is very confusing, so try to
> document it in "Kconfig hints" section.
>
> Reviewed-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@redhat.com>
> Reviewed-by: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@linux.intel.com>
> Reviewed-by: Nicolas Schier <nicolas@fjasle.eu>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> ---
> v2: fix typos pointed out by Nicolas Schier


Applied to linux-kbuild. Thanks.


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Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada