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Subject: Re: [PATCH] mux: Make it possible to select MULTIPLEXER if EXPERT
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Hi!

2023-09-27 at 01:07, William A. Kennington III wrote:
> Right now, there is no way to enable multiplexer support unless another
> config option selects it. When using `allnoconfig` with CONFIG_EXPERT,
> this is deselected with no way to enable it.

I fail to see how that would be useful? Why would you want the mux
core if there are no users?

Cheers,
Peter

> Signed-off-by: William A. Kennington III <william@wkennington.com>
> ---
>  drivers/mux/Kconfig | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/mux/Kconfig b/drivers/mux/Kconfig
> index 80f015cf6e54..5d585d778312 100644
> --- a/drivers/mux/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/mux/Kconfig
> @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
>  #
>  
>  config MULTIPLEXER
> -	tristate
> +	tristate "Multiplexer"
>  
>  menu "Multiplexer drivers"
>  	depends on MULTIPLEXER