Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754568Ab0LHKMy (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Dec 2010 05:12:54 -0500 Received: from mail-vw0-f46.google.com ([209.85.212.46]:49862 "EHLO mail-vw0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750939Ab0LHKMx (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Dec 2010 05:12:53 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:reply-to:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id :subject:from:to:cc:content-type; b=ZaxwfhQacPVREo52jXZDL6Nb5Y1VOj7dAETiYszsoPPaA7eCN/MSkEE2HLWtFbvzFb FlWsjOBlPer7/+nt/uychKIs/SPlzoVevcquEvfwpmmNmMBCDRz4cQToBGIC2dRIwkdp 0qDuYTkwTO5yZLUOh1lWYyLHOz6ls1ojRfSNc= MIME-Version: 1.0 Reply-To: sedat.dilek@gmail.com In-Reply-To: <1291801990.5992.105.camel@i7.infradead.org> References: <1291801990.5992.105.camel@i7.infradead.org> Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2010 11:12:51 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: linux-next: Tree for December 8 (drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig:422:error: recursive dependency detected!) From: Sedat Dilek To: David Woodhouse Cc: Corentin Chary , Matthew Garrett , LKML , platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org, Stephen Rothwell , Randy Dunlap Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 798 Lines: 21 On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 10:53 AM, David Woodhouse wrote: > On Wed, 2010-12-08 at 10:12 +0100, Corentin Chary wrote: >> >> I don't really see how it's a recursive dependency, but maybe it's >> time to clean this KConfig. >> What is our current policy about that ? >> >> I think we should *depends* on important subsystem (ACPI, INPUT, ...) >> and select obscure things so >> that the driver does not get lost if you don't enable the leds. > > A better policy is: "NEVER USE SELECT". Yes, confirmed (see my patch to MLs). - Sedat - -- 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/