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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
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Subject: Re: [rfc] fix Kconfig, hotplug_cpu is needed for swsusp
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Nigel Cunningham <ncunningham@cyclades.com> wrote:
>
> I think it's better to use selects. 
> I reckon that if the user selects SMP and then selects suspend support, 
> everything else required should be automatic.

Yes.  `select' is end-user-friendly but kernel-developer-hostile. 
Sometimes it's infuriating trying to work out why a symbol keeps on getting
turned on.

<checks>

hm, menuconfig's "/" command does show "Selected by:".  That helps.