Re: Linux 2.6.39

[Randy Dunlap]

On Thu, 19 May 2011 17:16:32 +0100 Catalin Marinas wrote:

> On 19 May 2011 16:44, Mark Lord <kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Here's some more funny business that was new after rc7-git12:
> >
> > warning: (AX88796_93CX6 && RTL8180 && RTL8187 && ADM8211 && RT2400PCI &&
> > RT2500PCI && RT61PCI && RT2800PCI && R8187SE) selects EEPROM_93CX6 which has
> > unmet direct dependencies (MISC_DEVICES)
> > warning: (ACPI_APEI) selects PSTORE which has unmet direct dependencies
> > (MISC_FILESYSTEMS)
> >
> > The exact same .config didn't do that with rc7-git12,
> > but does do it with 2.6.39 final.
> >
> > Odd thing is, if I select both MISC_DEVICES and MISC_FILESYSTEMS,
> > but do NOT select anything from under either of those,
> > the warnings go away.
> >
> > Which likely means the warnings are totally bogus.
> 
> The problem is:
> 
> AX88796_93CX6 selects EEPROM_93CX6
> EEPROM_93CX6 depends on MISC_DEVICES (as part of the EEPROM menu which
> is only included if MISC_DEVICES)
> 
> By enabling MISC_DEVICES, you allow AX88796_93CX6 to select
> EEPROM_93CX6 without any warning as it has the dependencies met.
> 
> The issue here is that EEPROM_93CX6 doesn't really depend on any
> MISC_DEVICES infrastructure. That's just a directory for various
> drivers and MISC_DEVICES only has a visibility role. There was a
> proposal last year for kbuild to differentiate between dependency and
> visibility but I don't know what happened to it.

fwiw, there is a VISIBLE attribute now.  It defaults to yes/on.


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