Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 22 Jun 2007 17:18:24 +0200 (CEST) | From | Jan Engelhardt <> | Subject | Re: 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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On Jun 22 2007 16:27, Roman Zippel wrote: > >> In this specific case, all V4L USB drivers depends on V4L_USB_DRIVERS, >> that depends, in turn, on USB. So, if USB is not selected, >> V4L_USB_DRIVERS should be unselected, unselecting zc0301. >> >> Unfortunately, the Kernel building system is not properly handling it. >> >> This is the (snipped) media/video/Kconfig: >> >> menuconfig V4L_USB_DRIVERS >> bool "V4L USB devices" >> depends on USB >> default y >> > >The menuconfig patches were a little aggressive here, it created a config >symbol where there was none before and in this case it even changed >dependencies (it turns USB into a bool).
V4L_USB_DRIVERS=y turns USB into =y? That can't be. It should give the "this depends on another symbol [USB] that is modular".
>I'm also a little irritated by the "default y", if I enable V4L I'm very >tempted to check what other useless stuff has been automatically enabled, >which I have to turn off again.
The default y only applies to the "menu" folders, not actual code. There have been discussions to remove the default-ys again, I've sent a patch [http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/5/12/216], but nothing happened.
So, should all affected menuconfigs be transformed into tristates, what do you think, Roman? Let me know so I can cook up a patch (hopefully before 2.6.22) should they become tristate.
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