Re: 2.6.23-git Kconfig regression

From: David Brownell
Date: Fri Oct 19 2007 - 21:58:33 EST


> > (Originally posted to kbuild-devel per MAINTAINERS, but
> > that post was rejected since that is -- undocumented,
> > sigh -- a members-only list.)
>
> That mailing list is no longer used. Today's git pull for kbuild
> included this change:
>
> KCONFIG
> P: Roman Zippel
> M: zippel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> -L: kbuild-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> +L: linux-kbuild@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> S: Maintained

I hadn't pulled that one yet... ;)


> > I noticed a regression, visible in the drivers/usb/gadget Kconfig;
> > it seems to be quite recent.
> >
> > ...
>
> Hm, it does look very odd. It looks like it has something to
> do with <choice> working differently for some reason.
>
> In xconfig, I set all of the View Options and when I click on one
> of the periph. controllers, it says
>
> depends on =y && PCI

That's what I saw too. Looked dubious ...


> but if I back up to -git7, it says
>
> depends on <choice> && PCI

And that git7 thing doesn't look _quite_ so odd. Did git7 actually
let you configure a modular GOKU (for example), i.e. work correctly?


> I'll keep looking.

Thanks. Kconfig is one of the areas I prefer to let others
be the experts. :)

- Dave

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