On Sat, 21 Feb 2009 00:24:05 -0500 (EST) Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > There's been a few problems with SELECT and dependencies lately. > I've been burnt by it a few times myself. So I look at the kconfig > code and added this patch. It can use a bit more work but it does what > I want. > > When the config is loaded, it checks all the symbols that are > selected by an active config and makes sure the visible dependencies are > also activated. This should probably be moved to the writing of the > config instead, but since I just wanted to see if my current config was > OK, I did it on load. This is an RFC patch anyway, so fixes/comments are > definitely welcome. > > Here's what I get with the attached config running on 2.6.29-rc5. > > $ make menuconfig > scripts/kconfig/mconf arch/x86/Kconfig > .config:2561:warning: MICROCODE selects FW_LOADER which fails its dependencies! > .config:2561:warning: MICROCODE_INTEL selects FW_LOADER which fails its dependencies! > .config:2561:warning: PCMCIA_LOAD_CIS selects FW_LOADER which fails its dependencies! > .config:2561:warning: SCSI_SAS_LIBSAS selects SCSI_SAS_ATTRS which fails its dependencies! > .config:2561:warning: SCSI_AIC94XX selects FW_LOADER which fails its dependencies! > .config:2561:warning: KEYBOARD_ATKBD selects SERIO which fails its dependencies! > .config:2561:warning: KEYBOARD_ATKBD selects SERIO_LIBPS2 which fails its dependencies! > .config:2561:warning: KEYBOARD_ATKBD selects SERIO_I8042 which fails its dependencies! > .config:2561:warning: MOUSE_PS2 selects SERIO which fails its dependencies! > .config:2561:warning: MOUSE_PS2 selects SERIO_LIBPS2 which fails its dependencies! > .config:2561:warning: MOUSE_PS2 selects SERIO_I8042 which fails its dependencies! > .config:2561:warning: VT selects INPUT which fails its dependencies! > .config:2561:warning: DRM selects I2C_ALGOBIT which fails its dependencies! > .config:2561:warning: SND_EMU10K1 selects FW_LOADER which fails its dependencies! Well damn, that looks like a major contribution to the general well-being. Sam, could you please give this a scan and merge it into linux-next via your tree? I wonder how hard it would be to print out the reason why (for example) FW_LOADER failed its dependencies? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kbuild" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
