Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 08 Nov 2008 20:31:41 +0100 | From | Stefan Richter <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/2] Staging: only build the tree if we really want to |
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Greg KH wrote: > On Sat, Nov 08, 2008 at 04:59:37PM +0100, Stefan Richter wrote: >>> -endif # STAGING >>> +endif # !STAGING_EXCLUDE_BUILD >> Which purpose is the STAGING kconfig variable serving after this? > > Sitting there and looking pretty :) > >> It controls the visibility of the menu, but switching it off won't >> switch off the staging drivers if they were previously enabled, would >> it? > > Try it and look in wonder :) > > If something affects the visibility of the menu for those config > options, it controls if those options can be enabled or not.
Right. But if you had STAGING on, STAGING_EXCLUDE_BUILD off, and for example ET131X on, then ET131X will still be on if you switch STAGING off and save the configuration. -- Stefan Richter -=====-==--- =-== -=--- http://arcgraph.de/sr/
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