Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 15 Sep 2003 14:20:15 -0700 | From | Tom Rini <> | Subject | Re: [patch] 2.6.0-test5: serio config broken? |
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On Mon, Sep 15, 2003 at 11:06:06PM +0200, Roman Zippel wrote: > Hi, > > On Mon, 15 Sep 2003, Tom Rini wrote: > > > > If neither is selected, then the problem is essentially the same as the one > > > which Mr. Rini pointed out. And again there are other possible > > > possibilities such as n, n, n, n. > > > > > > Solution: Surely plain "make" could start by checking dependencies. Or > > > maybe "make dep" could be reincarnated. If there is any inconsistency, then > > > the Makefile could issue an error and refuse to start compiling. > > > > > > This has the added benefit that if the human has some reason to edit the > > > .config file by hand instead of using a make [...]config command, plain > > > "make" will have a chance of catching editing errors. > > > > > > This doesn't automate a solution as thoroughly as either of you were hoping > > > for; it honestly admits that it can't read the human's mind :-) > > > > Yes, even that would work quite nicely, perhaps while saying what the > > specific problem is as well. Roman, how hard would this be to do? > > The check happens already and it will ask for any missing option. > You have to define what "inconsistency" means, right now the kconfig > design makes ambigous configurations impossible (provided that there are > no recursive dependencies, which kconfig warns about). I have no plans to > give up this property, as it keeps kconfig reasonably simple, it's already > complex enough as is.
So long as it doesn't involve 'select', it won't let you be inconsistent, yes. How exactly are items that come in from a select evaluated right now?
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