On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 12:30 PM, Russell King - ARM Linux
[off-list ref] wrote:

On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 02:19:31PM -0400, Nicolas Pitre wrote:

quoted

For example, if I want CONFIG_MTD_CMDLINE_PARTS=3Dy, the system may be
smart enough to notice and automatically enable CONFIG_MTD and
CONFIG_MTD_PARTITIONS without having to carry those in the defconfig.

How do you sort out something like this:

config FOO
=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0bool "Foo"
=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0depends on (A && B) || C

Do you enable A and B, A, B and C or just C?

Bear in mind that A could be 'X86', 'M68K' or any other arch specific
symbol.

I prefer the warning method because it prompts you to investigate what's
changed and sort out the problem by ensuring that the appropriate symbols
are also selected. =A0The automatic selection of dependencies method carr=

ies

the risk that it'll do the wrong thing with the above scenario.

Good point.

g.