Re: Kconfig configuration restore bug [Was: x86: vSMP selection inconfig]

[Roman Zippel]

Hi,

On Tue, 26 Feb 2008, Sam Ravnborg wrote:

> choice
> 	prompt "Subarchitecture Type"
> 
> config X86_PC
> 	bool "PC-compatible"
> 
> config X86_VOYAGER
> 	bool "Voyager (NCR)"
> 
> config X86_VSMP
> 	bool "Support for ScaleMP vSMP"
> 	depends on PCI
> 
> endchoice
> 
> config PCI
> 	bool "PCI support" if !X86_VISWS
> 	depends on !X86_VOYAGER
> 	default y

The basic problem is that this is a recursive dependency - PCI depends on 
the choice and the choice depends on PCI. IMO X86_VSMP cannot depend on 
PCI.
I'm looking into why this hasn't been picked up by the dependency check...

bye, Roman
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