Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Kconfig circular dependency question | From | Paul Bolle <> | Date | Sun, 06 Apr 2014 22:21:17 +0200 |
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On Sun, 2014-04-06 at 22:10 +0200, Paul Bolle wrote: > On Sun, 2014-04-06 at 14:49 -0500, Larry Finger wrote: > > A kernel build is reporting the following: > > > > net/rfkill/Kconfig:4:error: recursive dependency detected! > > net/rfkill/Kconfig:4: symbol RFKILL is selected by R8723AU > > drivers/staging/rtl8723au/Kconfig:1: symbol R8723AU depends on USB > > drivers/usb/Kconfig:41: symbol USB is selected by MOUSE_APPLETOUCH > > drivers/input/mouse/Kconfig:162: symbol MOUSE_APPLETOUCH depends on INPUT > > drivers/input/Kconfig:8: symbol INPUT is selected by ACPI_CMPC > > drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig:635: symbol ACPI_CMPC depends on RFKILL > > I must be having a slow day, but how should this be parsed to see the > recursive dependency?
So it tells us ("depends on" vertical, "is selected by" horizontal):
R8723AU -> RFKILL | v MOUSE_APPLETOUCH -> USB | v ACPCI_CMPC -> INPUT | v RFKILL
doesn't it? And why is that a problem?
Paul Bolle
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