Re: 2.6.17-rc5-mm3

["Randy.Dunlap" <rdunlap@xenotime.net>]

On Mon, 05 Jun 2006 20:54:51 -0500 Paul Fulghum wrote:

> Randy.Dunlap wrote:
> > Those Kconfig + Makefiles are quite ugly to me.  I would rather see
> > SYNCLINK depend on HDLC rather than using some tricks to SELECT HDLC.
> > And then it selects HDLC (and HDLC depends on WAN), but (in my case)
> > WAN was not enabled, and doing "SELECT HDLC" did not enable WAN.
> > 
> > Adding SELECT WAN and changing the hdlc (wan) Makefile to use
> > obj-m or obj-y (it was ONLY obj-y for hdlc) fixes^W makes it build
> > with no missing symbols.  However, I'll also see about a fix
> > that uses "depends on HDLC" instead of "selects HDLC".
> 
> Generic HDLC support in the synclink drivers is optional.
> Should the generic HDLC code be enabled even if it is not used?
> 
> Some of our customers would scream if we started forcing
> them to compile and load unused code.

OK, I'll try to allow for that.

> > Fix many missing hdlc_generic symbols when CONFIG_HDLC=m.
> > When Selecting HDLC, also Select WAN.
> > Fix Makefile to build for HDLC=y or HDLC=m.
> > 
> > +	select WAN if SYNCLINK_HDLC
> 
> If this is the accepted approach, then synclink_cs should be added also.
> (drivers/char/pcmcia)

It's not the desired approach AFAIK, but it may be the only
reasonable one.  I'm still testing alternatives, but you are welcome
to take over and fix it.  :)

> What about select WAN if HDLC instead?
> Or does kbuild not propogate the reverse dependency?
> (SYNCLINK_HDLC selects HDLC, HDLC selects WAN)

OK.

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~Randy