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 DDB11EDEC5A for ; Wed, 13 Sep 2023 14:26:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S238226AbjIMO0N (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Sep 2023 10:26:13 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:50624 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S232516AbjIMO0L (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Sep 2023 10:26:11 -0400 Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com (us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com [170.10.133.124]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4700C98 for ; Wed, 13 Sep 2023 07:25:24 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1694615123; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=i1FsUnDJXEh3xrup97UKPyi5G29wmRkoOl4jHD/nSRg=; b=MztE80sdUs8ioseXONKh5bUqbmfQRtTZYaVwbi0rZ6y3oFCgijxjbXgSSuBWiAtR7VwR0p p/K31gMOb9LjIrsD8+aG7WP1xOYDb7rorl/GxM1pzkgQtlS8wYSSEBTbUqFgoefxRF6FL+ WwK8O1HtyiyKTgIaHBtB5hUqu7vjmJQ= Received: from mail-wm1-f70.google.com (mail-wm1-f70.google.com [209.85.128.70]) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP with STARTTLS (version=TLSv1.3, cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) id us-mta-214-a4_i2uhCPpiHg62EctD4og-1; Wed, 13 Sep 2023 10:25:22 -0400 X-MC-Unique: a4_i2uhCPpiHg62EctD4og-1 Received: by mail-wm1-f70.google.com with SMTP id 5b1f17b1804b1-4011fa32e99so51996965e9.0 for ; Wed, 13 Sep 2023 07:25:17 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20230601; t=1694615115; x=1695219915; h=mime-version:message-id:date:references:in-reply-to:subject:cc:to :from:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=i1FsUnDJXEh3xrup97UKPyi5G29wmRkoOl4jHD/nSRg=; b=w2/WkY6T2IsMfgTwla5xTGHTPF4Z32pocJ8Yt+COw1OAiqa1FqHxRDu+lSnB/V1s04 Ash9XayCQOuJxlDMtSSEbbhW6N6sz91ikUJwkWKRQ/9gY5zLval/lMVOpmD8+O730bPP Cy53wrd1b7S9EDszDGqDgLXM0/uQJXQeCLIRDVutvHM6IVXdHrCffOpwjI5dudJg2t8L dhTV91/JvYbt7UMMaF3UkO2E5T+xvG01QO7XOUZLa5XWbpRUx1wp/wxubxaEY7UgbtF4 033cOTWgQ+ZewRDsFfwtVgzw/v7OoOAIkO13jCA5MAUuZnbZQx8eVFXbYIWYfsvbJ3qt OVGQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0YxWLwkQgI963dfQUtR12D3ciI6Lcmaw7+eqdAlu1vCSJmwTJ3B6 fdwP40z7E3m57Chp+Nngw63kpvn1SvAq9H32Zplb4OBk5Xzpr1c4Bf/hTe25PW4qPNrdpB4Vpn3 bGT1wc9VbsV/GPBLOUuRXqWAO X-Received: by 2002:a05:600c:3b10:b0:402:eab6:e704 with SMTP id m16-20020a05600c3b1000b00402eab6e704mr2127406wms.29.1694615115676; Wed, 13 Sep 2023 07:25:15 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IGN0t8yz3+zH7LDMFjVxmF3tnVkdjJhcoCATJjm6CztmjCnnjLfigAOYlLj+//qxaHPIO3cjg== X-Received: by 2002:a05:600c:3b10:b0:402:eab6:e704 with SMTP id m16-20020a05600c3b1000b00402eab6e704mr2127388wms.29.1694615115372; Wed, 13 Sep 2023 07:25:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (205.pool92-176-231.dynamic.orange.es. [92.176.231.205]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id l14-20020a1c790e000000b003fe4ca8decdsm2186260wme.31.2023.09.13.07.25.14 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Wed, 13 Sep 2023 07:25:15 -0700 (PDT) From: Javier Martinez Canillas To: Arnd Bergmann , Masahiro Yamada , Jonathan Corbet Cc: Sakari Ailus , Arnd Bergmann , Nathan Chancellor , Nick Desaulniers , Nicolas Schier , linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: kbuild: explain handling optional dependencies In-Reply-To: <20230913113801.1901152-1-arnd@kernel.org> References: <20230913113801.1901152-1-arnd@kernel.org> Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2023 16:25:14 +0200 Message-ID: <878r9a1779.fsf@minerva.mail-host-address-is-not-set> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Arnd Bergmann writes: Hello Arnd, > From: Arnd Bergmann > > This problem frequently comes up in randconfig testing, with > drivers failing to link because of a dependency on an optional > feature. > > The Kconfig language for this is very confusing, so try to > document it in "Kconfig hints" section. > > Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann > --- Thanks for writing this since as you mention that Kconfig idiom is not intuitive. The docs looks great to me! Reviewed-by: Javier Martinez Canillas -- Best regards, Javier Martinez Canillas Core Platforms Red Hat