Re: [PATCH] Kconfig cleanup (PARPORT_PC dependencies)

[Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@arm.linux.org.uk>]

On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 10:32:04PM +0200, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 02:53:58PM -0400, Mark Salter wrote:
> > Remove messy dependencies from PARPORT_PC by having it depend on one
> > Kconfig symbol (ARCH_MAY_HAVE_PC_PARPORT) and having architectures
> > which need it declare ARCH_MAY_HAVE_PC_PARPORT in arch/*/Kconfig.
> > New architectures are unlikely to need PARPORT_PC, so this avoids
> > having an ever growing list of architectures to exclude. Those
> > architectures which do declare ARCH_MAY_HAVE_PC_PARPORT in this
> > patch are the ones which have an asm/parport.h.
> 
> It is much nicer if you provide a config symbol only once.
> And then let the architectures who want it select this symbol.
> 
> This is the pattern we use for similar things in many places today,
> so it is best to follow that pattern.

Yes, and if you do, please be sensitive to the files you're editing.
If you find yourself adding a "select" statement at the bottom of an
already sorted list, then you're probably going to make someone less
than happy.

(I've just re-sorted arch/arm/Kconfig's select statements after they've
become mis-sorted - originally sorted alphabetically at akpm's request
to avoid conflicts.  It now has a comment at the end of the main list
asking for new additions to be appropriately placed.)