Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 29 Oct 2007 12:23:03 +0100 | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: [build bug, 2.6.24-rc1] CONFIG_VIDEO_DEV=m & CONFIG_VIDEO_SAA7146_VV=y |
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* Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> wrote:
> > config VIDEO_SAA7146_VV > > tristate > > depends on VIDEO_DEV = y || VIDEO_DEV = VIDEO_SAA7146_VV > > select VIDEOBUF_DMA_SG > > select VIDEO_SAA7146 > > > > (untested) > > Nope, won't work. I tried that last night. VIDEO_DEV_SAA7146_VV > has too many "select"s involved, but select doesn't follow the dependency > chains. IOW, as written in Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt: > > select is evil.... select will by brute force set a symbol > equal to 'y' without visiting the dependencies. So abusing > select you are able to select a symbol FOO even if FOO depends > on BAR that is not set.
so ... what should we do? Remove those ~7 select VIDEO_SAA7146_VV lines and replace them with depends on VIDEO_SAA7146_VV ?
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