On Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at 11:48 AM, Jean Delvare <jdelvare@xxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, 24 Apr 2017 10:00:32 +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at 9:42 AM, Jean Delvare <jdelvare@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > The tm2-touchkey driver is only useful on specific platforms. Add the > > > missing hardware dependency so that the driver is not proposed on > > > systems where the device does not exist. > > > > Although the device exists in only two upstreamed Exynos boards but > > there is no hardware dependency on Exynos. The hardware does not > > depend on Exynos. > > I understand that, and this is the reason why there was no dependency > expressed so far. But this is irrelevant to the problem I am trying to > solve, which is that people configuring a kernel for platforms where > this device is known to NOT exist shouldn't be bothered with a question > about its driver. This is what I meant with "hardware dependency" but > you can call it "hardware focus" or "intended hardware target" if you > prefer. You need a depends-like version of "imply" keyword. I think it is worth adding it to solve such problems and help in configuring the system. However I am not convinced that "depends" should be used in the meaning of "intended use". Best regards, Krzysztof -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-input" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
