Re: [PATCH 1/3] WAN Kconfig: change "depends on HDLC" to "select"

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To: Satyam Sharma <satyam.sharma@...>

Cc: Roman Zippel <zippel@...>, Krzysztof Halasa <khc@...>, Russell King <rmk@...>, lkml <linux-kernel@...>, <netdev@...>, <linux-arm-kernel@...>

Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] WAN Kconfig: change "depends on HDLC" to "select"

Date: Monday, May 7, 2007 - 4:31 pm

Satyam Sharma wrote:
quoted text> Yes, mixing select and depends is a recipe for build disasters. Call
> me a rabid fanatic, but I would in fact go as far as to say that this
> whole "select" thing in the Kconfig process is one big BUG, and not a
> feature. People are lazy by nature and would rather just "select" a
> dependency for their config option than burden users with several
> "depends".

Tough, the kernel community has voted against you.

It makes far more sense to include a driver during kernel configuration, 
and have that driver pull in its libraries via 'select'.  The lame 
alternative requires developers to know which libraries they need BEFORE 
picking their drivers, which is backwards and requires legwork on the 
part of the kernel developer.

	Jeff

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Re: [PATCH 0/3] Intel IXP4xx network drivers, Krzysztof Halasa, (Mon May 7, 9:40 pm)

Re: [PATCH 0/3] Intel IXP4xx network drivers, Leon Woestenberg, (Mon May 7, 4:39 pm)

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[PATCH 2a/3] Intel IXP4xx network drivers, Krzysztof Halasa, (Mon May 7, 6:27 am)

[PATCH 3/3] Intel IXP4xx network drivers, Krzysztof Halasa, (Sun May 6, 8:07 pm)

Re: [PATCH 3/3] Intel IXP4xx network drivers, Lennert Buytenhek, (Tue May 8, 7:40 am)

Re: [PATCH 3/3] Intel IXP4xx network drivers, Michael-Luke Jones, (Mon May 7, 8:59 am)

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Re: [PATCH 3/3] Intel IXP4xx network drivers, Michael-Luke Jones, (Mon May 7, 2:14 pm)

Re: [PATCH 3/3] Intel IXP4xx network drivers, Krzysztof Halasa, (Mon May 7, 3:57 pm)

[PATCH] Intel IXP4xx network drivers v.2 - Ethernet and HSS, Krzysztof Halasa, (Mon May 7, 9:19 pm)

Re: [PATCH] Intel IXP4xx network drivers v.2 - Ethernet and ..., Lennert Buytenhek, (Tue May 8, 7:37 am)

Re: [PATCH] Intel IXP4xx network drivers v.2 - Ethernet and ..., Krzysztof Halasa, (Tue May 8, 10:31 am)

Re: [PATCH] Intel IXP4xx network drivers v.2 - Ethernet and ..., Lennert Buytenhek, (Tue May 8, 10:53 am)

Re: [PATCH] Intel IXP4xx network drivers v.2 - Ethernet and ..., Krzysztof Halasa, (Tue May 8, 1:17 pm)

Re: [PATCH] Intel IXP4xx network drivers v.2 - Ethernet and ..., Michael-Luke Jones, (Tue May 8, 3:22 am)

Re: [PATCH] Intel IXP4xx network drivers v.2 - Ethernet and ..., Jeff Garzik, (Tue May 8, 1:28 am)

[PATCH] Intel IXP4xx network drivers v.3 - QMGR, Krzysztof Halasa, (Mon May 7, 8:46 pm)

Re: [PATCH] Intel IXP4xx network drivers v.3 - QMGR, Lennert Buytenhek, (Tue May 8, 7:32 am)

Re: [PATCH] Intel IXP4xx network drivers v.3 - QMGR, Krzysztof Halasa, (Tue May 8, 10:12 am)

Re: [PATCH] Intel IXP4xx network drivers v.3 - QMGR, Lennert Buytenhek, (Tue May 8, 10:40 am)

Re: [PATCH] Intel IXP4xx network drivers v.3 - QMGR, Krzysztof Halasa, (Tue May 8, 12:59 pm)

Re: [PATCH] Intel IXP4xx network drivers v.3 - QMGR, Lennert Buytenhek, (Wed May 9, 6:21 am)

Re: [PATCH] Intel IXP4xx network drivers v.3 - QMGR, Krzysztof Halasa, (Thu May 10, 10:08 am)

Re: [PATCH] Intel IXP4xx network drivers v.3 - QMGR, Alexey Zaytsev, (Tue May 8, 8:47 am)

Re: [PATCH] Intel IXP4xx network drivers v.3 - QMGR, Lennert Buytenhek, (Tue May 8, 8:59 am)

Re: [PATCH] Intel IXP4xx network drivers v.3 - QMGR, Michael-Luke Jones, (Tue May 8, 3:05 am)

Re: [PATCH] Intel IXP4xx network drivers v.3 - QMGR, Krzysztof Halasa, (Tue May 8, 9:57 am)

[PATCH] Intel IXP4xx network drivers v.2 - NPE, Krzysztof Halasa, (Mon May 7, 8:36 pm)

Re: [PATCH] Intel IXP4xx network drivers v.2 - NPE, Michael-Luke Jones, (Tue May 8, 3:02 am)

Re: [PATCH] Intel IXP4xx network drivers v.2 - NPE, Krzysztof Halasa, (Tue May 8, 9:56 am)

[PATCH] Intel IXP4xx network drivers v.2, Krzysztof Halasa, (Mon May 7, 8:11 pm)

Re: [PATCH 3/3] Intel IXP4xx network drivers, Christian Hohnstaedt, (Mon May 7, 1:52 pm)

Re: [PATCH 3/3] Intel IXP4xx network drivers, Krzysztof Halasa, (Mon May 7, 4:00 pm)

Re: [PATCH 3/3] Intel IXP4xx network drivers, Lennert Buytenhek, (Tue May 8, 7:48 am)

Re: [PATCH 3/3] Intel IXP4xx network drivers, Krzysztof Halasa, (Tue May 8, 9:47 am)

[PATCH 2/3] ARM: include IXP4xx "fuses" support, Krzysztof Halasa, (Sun May 6, 8:07 pm)

Re: [PATCH 2/3] ARM: include IXP4xx "fuses" support, Alexey Zaytsev, (Mon May 7, 1:24 am)

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[PATCH 1/3] WAN Kconfig: change "depends on HDLC" to "select", Krzysztof Halasa, (Sun May 6, 8:06 pm)

Re: [PATCH 1/3] WAN Kconfig: change "depends on HDLC" to "se..., Roman Zippel, (Sun May 6, 9:44 pm)

Re: [PATCH 1/3] WAN Kconfig: change "depends on HDLC" to "se..., Krzysztof Halasa, (Mon May 7, 5:35 am)

Re: [PATCH 1/3] WAN Kconfig: change "depends on HDLC" to "se..., Roman Zippel, (Mon May 7, 7:22 am)

Re: [PATCH 1/3] WAN Kconfig: change "depends on HDLC" to "se..., Krzysztof Halasa, (Mon May 7, 7:56 am)

Re: [PATCH 1/3] WAN Kconfig: change "depends on HDLC" to "se..., Roman Zippel, (Mon May 7, 9:17 am)

Re: [PATCH 1/3] WAN Kconfig: change "depends on HDLC" to "se..., Jeff Garzik, (Mon May 7, 9:21 am)

Re: [PATCH 1/3] WAN Kconfig: change "depends on HDLC" to "se..., Roman Zippel, (Mon May 7, 9:46 am)

Re: [PATCH 1/3] WAN Kconfig: change "depends on HDLC" to "se..., Krzysztof Halasa, (Mon May 7, 12:50 pm)

Re: [PATCH 1/3] WAN Kconfig: change "depends on HDLC" to "se..., Roman Zippel, (Mon May 7, 1:07 pm)

[PATCH 1a/3] WAN Kconfig: change "depends on HDLC" to "select", Krzysztof Halasa, (Mon May 7, 5:08 pm)

[PATCH] Use menuconfig objects II - netdev/wan, Krzysztof Halasa, (Mon May 7, 5:02 pm)

Re: [PATCH 1/3] WAN Kconfig: change "depends on HDLC" to "se..., Krzysztof Halasa, (Mon May 7, 4:54 pm)

Re: [PATCH 1/3] WAN Kconfig: change "depends on HDLC" to "se..., Satyam Sharma, (Mon May 7, 2:15 pm)

Re: [PATCH 1/3] WAN Kconfig: change "depends on HDLC" to "se..., Jeff Garzik, (Mon May 7, 4:31 pm)

Re: [PATCH 1/3] WAN Kconfig: change "depends on HDLC" to "se..., Roman Zippel, (Mon May 7, 4:57 pm)

Re: [PATCH 1/3] WAN Kconfig: change "depends on HDLC" to "se..., Satyam Sharma, (Mon May 7, 4:49 pm)

Re: [PATCH 1/3] WAN Kconfig: change "depends on HDLC" to "se..., Randy Dunlap, (Mon May 7, 4:50 pm)

Re: [PATCH 1/3] WAN Kconfig: change "depends on HDLC" to "se..., Satyam Sharma, (Mon May 7, 6:39 pm)

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