Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 5 Jan 2012 21:03:55 -0800 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] drivers: misc: Remove MISC_DEVICES config option |
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On Thu, Jan 05, 2012 at 11:18:28PM -0200, Fabio Estevam wrote: > On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 8:39 PM, Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> wrote: > > > 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? > > Sorry, I am not aware of this issue. > > > Why would anything ever want to select MISC_DEVICES? What happens if > > you just remove that select line from the Kconfig? > > Yes, I don´t understand the point of allowing the selection MISC_DEVICES. > > IMHO it is potential for causing dependency issues.
Then remove that selection. Nothing should be depending on a misc driver, if it is, then that implies that this is more than just a "misc" driver, and it should be moved elsewhere.
thanks,
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