Re: [PATCH] platform/x86: never 'select DMI' from a driver

[Andy Lutomirski]

On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 3:07 PM, Darren Hart <dvhart@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 07:46:58AM -0800, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
>> On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 4:13 AM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > CONFIG_DMI is a user-selectable Kconfig symbol that some drivers
>> > depend on. As part of a recent patch, other drivers started
>> > adding a 'select' for the same symbol, which now causes
>> > a recursive dependency:
>>
>> Darren, it may make sense for you to fold the DELL_LAPTOP change in.
>
> Andy, I didn't quite follow you. Are you referring to this patch from Arnd, or
> from the dell-smbios series from MichaÅ?
>
> I'm planning on merging both (MichaÅ's is pending a v5).
>

I meant to fold the "select DMI" -> "depends on DMI" for DELL_WMI into my patch.

--Andy

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