Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:42:54 -0600 | From | Larry Finger <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] drivers: misc: Remove MISC_DEVICES config option |
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On 01/05/2012 05:45 PM, Randy Dunlap wrote: > On 01/05/2012 12:49 PM, 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. > > I thought that one purpose of MISC_DEVICES was to allow anyone to disable all > options under it with one click (or keystroke), but since several drivers now > "select MISC_DEVICES", that does not work. > > I would like to be able to disable all MISC_DEVICES, but since that > does not currently function, this change is OK with me.
All of the drivers in the above list select *only* one driver in the MISC_DEVICES category. If that one were moved outside of MISC_DEVICES, most, if not all,problems would go away.
Larry
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