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    SubjectRe: Kconfig troubles when using menuconfig - Was: [patch]Re: [linux-usb-devel] linux-2.6.22-rc5-gf1518a0 build #300 failed in zc0301_core.c
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    Em Sex, 2007-06-22 às 15:51 +0200, Jan Engelhardt escreveu:
    > On Jun 22 2007 15:46, Andreas Herrmann wrote:
    > >Hi,
    > >
    > >I am not sure whether it is related or not
    > >But if you select USB as module but build your v4l_usb driver
    > >into the kernel you also get compile errors.
    > >Attached is a patch which will prevent this by changing the menuconfig
    > >from bool to tristate.


    > A config option that is not referenced in the Makefile...
    > should it really be a tristate? In my opinion, changing it
    > to tristate is just a workaround, but I don't know kconfig
    > well enough to make bool Do The Right Thing in these situations myself :(

    If USB is built as a module, the V4L USB modules should also be built as
    a module. Otherwise, you will have compile errors, since some required
    symbols on the drivers won't be linked into the kernel.

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    Cheers,
    Mauro

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