Re: what does select statement mean in Kconfig file?

[Krzysztof Halasa]

Stefan Richter <stefanr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> The latter is sometimes hard or impossible to satisfy.  Therefore the
> select statement should be used with care, i.e. only for library-type
> helper code which itself shouldn't depend on further options.

How about depending on common dependency?

Something like

config A
	bool XXX
	depends on ARM

config B
	depends on ARM
	select A


or:

if ARM
	config A
		bool XXX
endif

if ARM
	config B
		select A
endif
-- 
Krzysztof Halasa
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