lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2013]   [Mar]   [21]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
Date
From
SubjectRe: [PATCH RFC 1/5] kconfig: implement weak reverse-dependencies
On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 12:22:57PM +0400, Konstantin Khlebnikov wrote:
> This patch adds new kind of dependencies between kconfig symbols,
> and new kconfig keyword 'apply' for them.
>
> 'apply' works mostly like 'select', but it allows to disable target symbol.
> Thus target symbol will be either disabled or reachable from current symbol.
>
> This method allows to implement optional dependencies without introducing new
> kconfig symbol for each pair of connected kconfig options.

I don't really understand what the point of this new keyword is, but I
wonder why you chose PTP Hardware Clocks as your Guinea pig.

As discussed on the netdev list [1][2], the consensus was that if a
MAC driver has a PHC, then it should always be compiled in.

And BTW, please CC netdev for PHC patches.

Thanks,
Richard

1. http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=135173341101960
2. http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg215379.html


\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2013-03-21 12:01    [W:0.056 / U:0.144 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site