Re: [PATCH -next 2/2] kbuild: fix for updated LZ4 tool with the newstreaming format

[Florian Fainelli]

2013/7/16 Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>:
> On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 11:45:27AM +0200, Yann E. MORIN wrote:
>> As discussed with Florian in this thread, either one of:
>>   - a warning at check time
>>   - a comment in Kconfig
>
> Whatever you do, make sure to make it quite clear to users what she
> needs to do.
>
> What I really have a problem with is options being hidden just because I
> haven't selected something they depend on and having to run around the
> Kconfig maze to find what I also need to select in order for the option
> to appear.

Yes, me too, which is why I suggested the warning, as in "a warning
printed to stdout/stderr" rather than a Kconfig comment which will be
easy to be ignored.
--
Florian
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