Re: Patch for "Config.in Broken"

Mr S J Greenaway (sjg95@unixfe.rl.ac.uk)
Mon, 23 Sep 1996 08:11:20 +0100 (BST)


On Fri, 20 Sep 1996, Pete Harlan wrote:

> My proposed patch to remove the "Config Broken" warning when running
> "make xconfig" met with this objection:
>
> > Why disable this driver? It works for me, I run a SB16 and
> > an AEDSP 16 in MSS emulation mode... Can we leave this as it
> > is!
>
> I was under the impression that the patch merely removes a question
> that's always disabled anyway. Am I wrong? Perhaps I poorly worded
> the comment I added at the end of the "#if 0" line.
>
> Perhaps the question is disabled, but it provides a default value for
> AEDSP16_BASE so aedsp16.c can compile. If that's the case, then we
> should add a question about AEDSP16 support, so we can thus avoid the
> "Config.in Broken" message.
>
> Part of what drove my wording of the "#if 0" comment was this line at
> the top of configure.c:
>
> * AEDSP16 will not work without significant changes.
>
> Many appy-polly-loggies if I'm being ignorant here. I would sure like
> to see this cosmetic flaw cleaned from 2.0.
>
> --Pete
>

There was a 'new and improved version' about a month or so ago, which
works fine (for me at least). I have it working as a SB16 and as a MSS.

Simon Greenaway