# Re: \[RFC,PATCH\] Cleanup PC parallel port Kconfig

- From: Geert Uytterhoeven \<geert@linux-m68k.org\>
- Date: 2011-06-14 20:32:08 
- List: linuxppc-dev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linuxppc-dev/2011/06/8577802
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-arm-kernel/2011/06/8577797/t.md

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On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 21:08, Ralf Baechle [ref] wrote:
> The PC parallel port Kconfig as acquired one of those messy terms to
> describe it's architecture dependencies:
>
> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 depends on (!SPARC64 || PCI) && !SPARC32 && !M32R &&=
 !FRV && \
> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 (!M68K || ISA) && !MN103=
00 && !AVR32 && !BLACKFIN
>
> This isn't just ugly - it also almost certainly describes the dependencie=
s
> too coarse grainedly. =C2=A0This is an attempt at cleaing the mess up.

> --- a/arch/m68k/Kconfig.mmu
> +++ b/arch/m68k/Kconfig.mmu
> @@ -399,6 +399,7 @@ config ISA
> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0bool
> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0depends on Q40 || AMIGA_PCMCIA
> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0default y
> + =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 select PARPORT_PC

Why do you select PARPORT_PC here instead of HAVE_PC_PARPORT?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=
=A0 =C2=A0 Geert

--
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.org

In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. Bu=
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when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like t=
hat.
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=
=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0 -- Linus Torvalds
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