Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 14 Mar 2007 19:09:40 +0100 (CET) | From | Geert Uytterhoeven <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 13/13] fix ps3fb glue allowing a modular build |
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On Wed, 14 Mar 2007, Al Viro wrote: > On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 10:30:31AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > Maybe not "bool" vs "mbool", but it might be nice to have > > > > bool FB_PS3 > > depends strictly on FB > > > > ie a "depends strictly" refuses to upgrade a bool dependency from "m" to > > "y", while a regular depends allows it. > > > > Or something.. The "depends strictly on X" thing would really be just a > > mental shorthand for "depends on (X)=y" (it's actually longer to type, but > > I think it's a bit more intuitive, thus "mental shortcut"). > > There's a fun side question, though: what should allmodconfig do? FB=m, > FB_PS3=n? Or FB=y, FB_PS3=y?
From `make help': | New config selecting modules when possible
FB can be a module, so FB=m, FB_PS3=n.
It doesn't say anything about things that can't be modules :-)
But I agree the chances of getting a system that doesn't work increase...
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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