Re: Linux 2.6.3-rc4

[Adrian Bunk]

On Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 03:11:08PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 
> 
> On Tue, 17 Feb 2004, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > 
> > No, I2C_ALGOBIT depends on I2C.
> > 
> > > That's really what the true dependency is, logically.
> > 
> > Below is a suggested fix that lets FB_RADEON_I2C select I2C.
> 
> Thinking about it, this does the wrong thing for _another_ reason.
> 
> Basically, if you compile radeonfb as a module, and say "Y" to RADEON_I2C, 
> then that should _not_ force I2C to be built-in to the kernel, but that 
> is in fact exactly what this would force.
>...

I don't claim to fully understand the 2.6 Kconfig language, but 
according to my testings my patch does exactly what you describe.

> 			Linus

cu
Adrian

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