From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1765965AbXGUNlB (ORCPT ); Sat, 21 Jul 2007 09:41:01 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1757493AbXGUNkw (ORCPT ); Sat, 21 Jul 2007 09:40:52 -0400 Received: from nic.NetDirect.CA ([216.16.235.2]:39714 "EHLO rubicon.netdirect.ca" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756592AbXGUNkv (ORCPT ); Sat, 21 Jul 2007 09:40:51 -0400 X-Originating-Ip: 72.143.66.27 Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2007 09:38:58 -0400 (EDT) From: "Robert P. J. Day" X-X-Sender: rpjday@localhost.localdomain To: jidong xiao cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: what does select statement mean in Kconfig file? In-Reply-To: <4104961b0707210634gea4e240x11b043b4e64c7840@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: References: <4104961b0707210634gea4e240x11b043b4e64c7840@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Net-Direct-Inc-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-Net-Direct-Inc-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-Net-Direct-Inc-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (not cached, score=-16.8, required 5, autolearn=not spam, ALL_TRUSTED -1.80, BAYES_00 -15.00, INIT_RECVD_OUR_AUTH -20.00, RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL 20.00) X-Net-Direct-Inc-MailScanner-From: rpjday@mindspring.com Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, 21 Jul 2007, jidong xiao wrote: > Hi, > for example, what does the select statement mean? > > config SERIAL_SH_SCI_CONSOLE > bool "Support for console on SH SCI(F)" > depends on SERIAL_SH_SCI=y > select SERIAL_CORE_CONSOLE > > Thanks > Jason Xiao it forces the selection of that option. it's sort of like a "depends on" in reverse. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA http://fsdev.net/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page ========================================================================