Re: linux-next: Tree for December 8(drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig:422:error: recursive dependency detected!)

[David Woodhouse]

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".

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David Woodhouse                            Open Source Technology Centre
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