Re: [PATCH] platform/x86: never 'select DMI' from a driver

From: Darren Hart
Date: Mon Feb 29 2016 - 18:07:23 EST


On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 07:46:58AM -0800, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 4:13 AM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > CONFIG_DMI is a user-selectable Kconfig symbol that some drivers
> > depend on. As part of a recent patch, other drivers started
> > adding a 'select' for the same symbol, which now causes
> > a recursive dependency:
>
> Darren, it may make sense for you to fold the DELL_LAPTOP change in.

Andy, I didn't quite follow you. Are you referring to this patch from Arnd, or
from the dell-smbios series from MichaÅ?

I'm planning on merging both (MichaÅ's is pending a v5).

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Darren Hart
Intel Open Source Technology Center