From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E9BCCA0EF3 for ; Thu, 14 Sep 2023 05:06:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S233817AbjINFGC (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Sep 2023 01:06:02 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:59726 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S233781AbjINFF5 (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Sep 2023 01:05:57 -0400 Received: from out3-smtp.messagingengine.com (out3-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.27]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A50A798; Wed, 13 Sep 2023 22:05:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from compute6.internal (compute6.nyi.internal [10.202.2.47]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id DFAAA5C0261; Thu, 14 Sep 2023 01:05:52 -0400 (EDT) Received: from imap51 ([10.202.2.101]) by compute6.internal (MEProxy); Thu, 14 Sep 2023 01:05:52 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=arndb.de; h=cc :cc:content-type:content-type:date:date:from:from:in-reply-to :in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version:references:reply-to:sender :subject:subject:to:to; s=fm1; t=1694667952; x=1694754352; bh=r+ 8a9VVUj2+14lVyHMEam/cUuRe70jim+0p47BeFLEo=; b=Z+7/WfF47uX4rMiGTP BKb5hgzeV8oSsQZXaP9YScBOcQQSRMJU5zaMimcqYwGFzGYSOhUo0UNIpR4IDdic DU7vdcKaGttl7h3PVaZGUvlS1s9pgoMiKaeeeHue20FuaBbPV2kyFIWdYGMf5S6s zZ/2TIB+wZqdlEsv9PrRq3iUQanKCcnHUOdpzbkW4AFi8z8GtID5J+A1GQjd8int owBpw09EKPYQ3FpgV+/B7JpVq18h4l6zBg1CUf0M+bBR7AaJzk1kwFCilk4b/DnY DnYHmdF6qMdOI3BWSEPKB+2lT2Fb+wJvXRrcFXhI44JkImI6GRaAJb4dEaXkAGw4 Nymg== DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:cc:content-type:content-type:date:date :feedback-id:feedback-id:from:from:in-reply-to:in-reply-to :message-id:mime-version:references:reply-to:sender:subject :subject:to:to:x-me-proxy:x-me-proxy:x-me-sender:x-me-sender :x-sasl-enc; s=fm2; t=1694667952; x=1694754352; bh=r+8a9VVUj2+14 lVyHMEam/cUuRe70jim+0p47BeFLEo=; b=Tqvu/v3f27xMzAX2a3I635BaKPhVm XxB0STDguy2nwdAKjrj6PC4bTMsDnWwJGOnBZIZFfZhpP4+AeRN1ZuGm1lS5KU5A 5i7Gv0R1g6NDtsMiqMNduPN5XlvhBq7t9lJ7JK8BBGN4BkvEYefL4GD2luuWgHAB hZwG4C3lGXKVUDZoK2BTKyFnwWfFUcrWx0JIAUxI1hBTItpes8ZslN8ElI2k13ph f4BSB/rp3s0eX2wvZteO1KxiP2asuwWCnI6IdnXeVH6KDl4OEYNEHTUU2QXwkpGM 1DGe7FDdCCEt/X7+0V1t9UIGv8NN57UCrd2bl7T0/OUZWAA2erQshbd0w== X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedviedrudeiledgkeelucetufdoteggodetrfdotf fvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuhfgrshhtofgrihhlpdfqfgfvpdfurfetoffkrfgpnffqhgen uceurghilhhouhhtmecufedttdenucesvcftvggtihhpihgvnhhtshculddquddttddmne cujfgurhepofgfggfkjghffffhvfevufgtsehttdertderredtnecuhfhrohhmpedftehr nhguuceuvghrghhmrghnnhdfuceorghrnhgusegrrhhnuggsrdguvgeqnecuggftrfgrth htvghrnhepffehueegteeihfegtefhjefgtdeugfegjeelheejueethfefgeeghfektdek teffnecuvehluhhsthgvrhfuihiivgeptdenucfrrghrrghmpehmrghilhhfrhhomheprg hrnhgusegrrhhnuggsrdguvg X-ME-Proxy: Feedback-ID: i56a14606:Fastmail Received: by mailuser.nyi.internal (Postfix, from userid 501) id 09712B60089; Thu, 14 Sep 2023 01:05:51 -0400 (EDT) X-Mailer: MessagingEngine.com Webmail Interface User-Agent: Cyrus-JMAP/3.9.0-alpha0-745-g95dd7bea33-fm-20230905.001-g95dd7bea Mime-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <82dfa2eb-1867-4cdc-b7b8-918d426575ed@app.fastmail.com> In-Reply-To: References: <20230913113801.1901152-1-arnd@kernel.org> Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2023 07:05:31 +0200 From: "Arnd Bergmann" To: "Nicolas Schier" Cc: "Arnd Bergmann" , "Masahiro Yamada" , "Jonathan Corbet" , "Sakari Ailus" , "Javier Martinez Canillas" , "Nathan Chancellor" , "Nick Desaulniers" , linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: kbuild: explain handling optional dependencies Content-Type: text/plain Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Sep 14, 2023, at 05:51, Nicolas Schier wrote: > On Wed 13 Sep 2023 23:16:47 GMT, Arnd Bergmann wrote: >> On Wed, Sep 13, 2023, at 22:34, Nicolas Schier wrote: >> > >> > BAR=y => FOO={N/m/y} >> > BAR=m => FOO is not selectable >> > BAR=n => FOO={N/m/y} >> >> That is indeed the point: if BAR=m, we want to be able to pick FOO=m >> here, otherwise it is impossible to enabled everything as modules. > > oh, I misinterpreted your very first sentence; thanks for clarifying it to me > and sorry for the noise. > With the minor fixes: > > Reviewed-by: Nicolas Schier > Ok, thanks! I understand that the text is still confusing, so if anyone has an idea for how to improve it further, let me know, otherwise I'll send what I have now with type fixes as v2. Arnd