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From: Paul Bolle <pebolle@tiscali.nl>
To: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Kconfig circular dependency question
Date: Sun, 06 Apr 2014 22:10:38 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1396815038.4886.11.camel@x220> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5341AFC7.1070001@lwfinger.net>

On Sun, 2014-04-06 at 14:49 -0500, Larry Finger wrote:
> A kernel build is reporting the following:
> 
> net/rfkill/Kconfig:4:error: recursive dependency detected!
> net/rfkill/Kconfig:4:   symbol RFKILL is selected by R8723AU
> drivers/staging/rtl8723au/Kconfig:1:    symbol R8723AU depends on USB
> drivers/usb/Kconfig:41: symbol USB is selected by MOUSE_APPLETOUCH
> drivers/input/mouse/Kconfig:162:        symbol MOUSE_APPLETOUCH depends on INPUT
> drivers/input/Kconfig:8:        symbol INPUT is selected by ACPI_CMPC
> drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig:635:       symbol ACPI_CMPC depends on RFKILL

I must be having a slow day, but how should this be parsed to see the
recursive dependency?

> What is the recommended way to avoid this circularity? Of course, R8723AU could 
> select USB rather than depending on it, but that does not seem quite right.

Thanks,


Paul Bolle


  reply	other threads:[~2014-04-06 20:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-04-06 19:49 Larry Finger
2014-04-06 20:10 ` Paul Bolle [this message]
2014-04-06 20:21   ` Paul Bolle
2014-04-06 20:31 ` Randy Dunlap
2014-04-06 20:52   ` Paul Bolle
2014-04-06 21:07     ` Larry Finger
2014-04-06 21:14       ` Paul Bolle
2014-04-06 22:51         ` Larry Finger
2014-04-07 17:10           ` Paul Bolle
2014-04-07  0:02     ` Gene Heskett
2014-04-06 21:03   ` Larry Finger

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