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SubjectRe: [PATCH] drivers: misc: Remove MISC_DEVICES config option
On Thu, Jan 05, 2012 at 06:49:01PM -0200, Fabio Estevam wrote:
> MISC_DEVICES option alone does not select any kernel code and can cause dependency build warnings, such as:
>
> warning: (KS8851 && AX88796_93CX6 && RTL8180 && RTL8187 && ADM8211 && RT2400PCI && RT2500PCI && RT61PCI && RT2800PCI && R8187SE) selects EEPROM_93CX6 which has unmet direct dependencies (MISC_DEVICES)
>
> Remove MISC_DEVICES option so that any dependency on this symbol is avoided.

Are you sure that this isn't getting confused with the
drivers/char/misc.c interface instead of the "throw a bunch of randome
drivers into drivers/misc/" issue?

Why would anything ever want to select MISC_DEVICES? What happens if
you just remove that select line from the Kconfig?

thanks,

greg k-h


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