Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 21 Oct 2007 20:14:16 -0700 | From | Randy Dunlap <> | Subject | Re: tristate and bool not enogh for Kconfig anymore |
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On Sun, 21 Oct 2007 17:47:48 -0700 Randy Dunlap wrote:
> On Sun, 21 Oct 2007 23:03:13 +0200 Sam Ravnborg wrote: > > > On Sun, Oct 21, 2007 at 09:45:17AM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote: > > > > Is there any other way to specify that a functionality can only be built > > > > as a module, not built into the kernel? > > > > > > config FOO > > > depends on BAR && m > > > > > > restricts FOO to module-only. > > > > > > > In my firsta attempts to post about these tests my post ended up not on > > > > the mailing list but as a reply to Sam Ravnborg only, apologies for > > > > that... > > > > This is obviously the right solution. > > Randy - we should document this somewhere together with more kconfig tips'n'tricks. > > Agreed.
So that's one tip or trick... or common idiom.
> > A new document or do we extend kconfig-language? > > I don't see a need for a separate document. I would just extend > kconfig-language.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Another common idiom that we see (and sometimes have problems with) is this:
When B (module or subsystem) uses interfaces from A (module or subsystem), A can be linked statically into the kernel image or can be built as loadable module(s). This limits how B can be built. If A is linked statically into the kernel image, B can be built statically or as loadable module(s). However, if A is built as loadable module(s), then B must be restricted to loadable module(s) also. This can be expressed in kconfig language as:
config B depends on A = y || A = B
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There's also a third issue: symbols that are specific to a particular $arch, but they are in Kconfig files that are common to all arches, so kconfig complains about symbol A refers to unknown symbol B. (and I'm just writing this from memory, not from testing it, so it could be off a bit.) One example of this was PS3_PS3AV, as copied from an lkml email of 2007-feb-14:
drivers/video/Kconfig:1604:warning: 'select' used by config symbol 'FB_PS3' refer to undefined symbol 'PS3_PS3AV'
Someone fixed this one by introducing an intermediate config symbol. I didn't follow the details of that fix, but we see this problem enough to warrant explaining how to handle it. E.g., recently (from 2007-oct-14) on lkml:
$ make oldconfig >/dev/null drivers/macintosh/Kconfig:121:warning: 'select' used by config symbol 'PMAC_APM_EMU' refers to undefined symbol 'APM_EMULATION'
Adrian, do you know of other items that should be listed here?
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