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SubjectRe: [2.6 patch] select FW_LOADER -> depends HOTPLUG
On Tue, Aug 10, 2004 at 10:44:11AM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote:
>
> I assume Sam thinks in the direction to let a symbol inherit the
> dependencies off all symbols it selects.
>
> E.g. in
>
> config A
> depends on B
>
> config C
> select A
depends on Z

config Z
depends on Y
>
>
> C should be treated as if it would depend on B.

Correct. But at the same time I miss some functionality to
tell me what a given symbol:
1) depends on
2) selects

It would be nice in menuconfig to see what config symbol
that has dependencies and/or side effects.

[*] PCI support
Could look like:
[*]d PCI support
The space for the 'd' tag could be misused for other purposes later.


The pressing 'd' would give me the following output:

C "The C prompt"
-> depends on
CONFIG_Z "Prompt for Z"
-> depends on
CONFIG_Y "Prompt for Y"
-> Selects
CONFIG_A "Promtp for A"
-> depends on
CONFIG_B "Prompt for B"

Or something similar.
The idea is to give user an idea of dependencies (both ways) - recursive.
Using both CONFIG symbol and prompt will give the user an idea where to
locate it.

Something like this is on my wish list.

Sam
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