Re: [RFC v3 5/7] dmaengine: Make DMA Engine menu visible for AVR32users

[Haavard Skinnemoen]

On Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:27:29 -0700
"Dan Williams" <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > > Or just let the subsystem always be available.  
> >
> > It used to be always available, but then it was changed. Assuming there
> > was a reason for this change, I guess we don't want to change it back.
> >  
> 
> Adrian had concerns about users enabling NET_DMA when the hardware
> capability is relatively rare.  So, +1 for HAVE_DMA_DEVICE

Why not introduce a new hidden symbol, e.g. DMA_ENGINE_DRIVER, have all
the drivers select it and let NET_DMA depend on it?

Wait a minute...the Kconfig already does this. What was the problem again?

Haavard
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