Re: [PATCH] Documentation: kbuild: explain handling optional dependencies

From: Arnd Bergmann
Date: Thu Sep 14 2023 - 01:06:01 EST


On Thu, Sep 14, 2023, at 05:51, Nicolas Schier wrote:
> On Wed 13 Sep 2023 23:16:47 GMT, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
>> On Wed, Sep 13, 2023, at 22:34, Nicolas Schier wrote:
>> >
>> > BAR=y => FOO={N/m/y}
>> > BAR=m => FOO is not selectable
>> > BAR=n => FOO={N/m/y}
>>
>> That is indeed the point: if BAR=m, we want to be able to pick FOO=m
>> here, otherwise it is impossible to enabled everything as modules.
>
> oh, I misinterpreted your very first sentence; thanks for clarifying it to me
> and sorry for the noise.
> With the minor fixes:
>
> Reviewed-by: Nicolas Schier <nicolas@xxxxxxxxx>
>

Ok, thanks!

I understand that the text is still confusing, so if anyone has an
idea for how to improve it further, let me know, otherwise
I'll send what I have now with type fixes as v2.

Arnd