Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 22 Jun 2007 17:32:53 +0200 | From | "Andreas Herrmann" <> | Subject | Re: Kconfig troubles when using menuconfig - Was: [patch]Re: [linux-usb-devel] linux-2.6.22-rc5-gf1518a0 build #300 failed in zc0301_core.c |
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On Fri, Jun 22, 2007 at 12:03:19PM -0300, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote: > Em Sex, 2007-06-22 às 15:51 +0200, Jan Engelhardt escreveu: > > On Jun 22 2007 15:46, Andreas Herrmann wrote: > > >Hi, > > > > > >I am not sure whether it is related or not > > >But if you select USB as module but build your v4l_usb driver > > >into the kernel you also get compile errors. > > >Attached is a patch which will prevent this by changing the menuconfig > > >from bool to tristate. > > > > A config option that is not referenced in the Makefile... > > should it really be a tristate? In my opinion, changing it > > to tristate is just a workaround, but I don't know kconfig > > well enough to make bool Do The Right Thing in these situations myself :( > > If USB is built as a module, the V4L USB modules should also be built as > a module. Otherwise, you will have compile errors, since some required > symbols on the drivers won't be linked into the kernel. >
Sure.
And the patch should prevent user selection of such a broken kernel configuration.
Regards,
Andreas
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