From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1032382AbWLGQ2S (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Dec 2006 11:28:18 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1032385AbWLGQ2S (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Dec 2006 11:28:18 -0500 Received: from agminet01.oracle.com ([141.146.126.228]:41878 "EHLO agminet01.oracle.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1032382AbWLGQ2R (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Dec 2006 11:28:17 -0500 Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2006 08:28:24 -0800 From: Randy Dunlap To: "Robert P. J. Day" Cc: Linux kernel mailing list Subject: Re: The drivers Kconfig structure: oddities and exceptions Message-Id: <20061207082824.40c46170.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> In-Reply-To: References: Organization: Oracle Linux Eng. X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.2.9 (GTK+ 2.8.10; x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Whitelist: TRUE Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 7 Dec 2006 04:36:25 -0500 (EST) Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > as a followup to my previous patch (and before i build on top of > that), perhaps someone can clarify some of these bits of curiosity: > > 1) although "Sound" is listed in the Device Drivers menu, its actual > source directory is at the top level of the kernel source tree, and > it's the *only* entry in Device Drivers that requires sourcing from > the top-level directory. any reason for this? it just kind of stands > out as a weird exception to the rule. sound/ (ALSA) was a replacement for the OSS sound drivers and needed a different directory to live/work in, that's all. They are still Device Drivers. Don't get hung up on where the directory is. (part 2 omitted) --- ~Randy