On Thu, 2012-01-05 at 17:02 -0200, Fabio Estevam wrote: > On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 4:06 PM, Fabio Estevam <festevam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > I have tried selecting MISC_DEVICES in the Kconfig's, but the warning remains. > > > > I agree with Ben's comment: "That seems like a bug, since MISC_DEVICES > > doesn't by itself select any > > code. (It's also not a meaningful category and maybe ought not to be an > > option at all.)" > > What about the aproach below? > > drivers/misc/Kconfig | 12 ++---------- > 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/misc/Kconfig b/drivers/misc/Kconfig > index 6a1a092..9c7a474 100644 > --- a/drivers/misc/Kconfig > +++ b/drivers/misc/Kconfig > @@ -10,15 +10,8 @@ config SENSORS_LIS3LV02D > select INPUT_POLLDEV > default n > > -menuconfig MISC_DEVICES > - bool "Misc devices" > - ---help--- > - Say Y here to get to see options for device drivers from various > - different categories. This option alone does not add any kernel code. > - > - If you say N, all options in this submenu will be skipped and disabled. > +menu "Misc devices" > > -if MISC_DEVICES > > config AD525X_DPOT > tristate "Analog Devices Digital Potentiometers" > @@ -516,5 +509,4 @@ source "drivers/misc/ti-st/Kconfig" > source "drivers/misc/lis3lv02d/Kconfig" > source "drivers/misc/carma/Kconfig" > source "drivers/misc/altera-stapl/Kconfig" > - > -endif # MISC_DEVICES > +endmenu Yes, that's what I was thinking of. > This would remove the unneeded dependency of MISC_DEVICES. > > I know I need to take extra care not to break other things, but just > would like to get a feedback if this approach goes into the right > direction. Right, you'll have to delete all dependencies on MISC_DEVICES. Maybe remove it from defconfigs as well, though I'm not sure whether it's normal to do that at the same time. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings, Staff Engineer, Solarflare Not speaking for my employer; that's the marketing department's job. They asked us to note that Solarflare product names are trademarked. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
