Re: Linux 2.6.26-rc1

[Stefan Richter]

I wrote:
> Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> > If you remove the select's for MSP3400, TVP5150 and SAA7113, at, 
> > em28xx, the module will compile without problems.
> >
> > The only issue is that you won't be able to see any images (due to the 
> > lack of tvp5150 or saa7113 analog TV demoduler) or listen to the audio,
> > if the device needs msp3400 to decode audio.
> [...]
> Ah, now I understand.  You use "select" to enable options which aren't 
> actually a build requirement for the selecting option.

PS:
I believe the canonical way to express _runtime_ dependencies in Kconfig 
(in contrast to build dependencies) is not "select", but "help".
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