Re: [PATCH -next] nouveau: fix acpi_lid_open undefined

From: Matthew Garrett
Date: Mon May 24 2010 - 09:59:59 EST


On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 06:53:51AM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> On 05/24/10 05:56, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> > Won't this result in a behavioural difference? The desirable outcome is
>
> It could, yes.
>
> > that that configuration be impossible, not for that configuration to
> > build but be buggy.
>
> so nouveau should depend on (or select, if ACPI is enabled) ACPI_BUTTON?

There's an argument that it doesn't need to depend on it, but if button
is a module then nouveau has to be. Except the inverse isn't true.
Kconfig is hard, let's weep gently.

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