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kbuild: extend "menuconfig" for modules to simplify Kconfig file
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kbuild-extend-menuconfig-for-modules-to-simplify-kconfig-file.patch
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Subject: kbuild: extend "menuconfig" for modules to simplify Kconfig file
From: "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Given that the init/Kconfig file uses a "menuconfig" directive for modules
already, might as well wrap all the submenu entries in an "if" to toss all
those dependencies.
Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Sam Ravnborg <sam@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
init/Kconfig | 9 ++++-----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff -puN init/Kconfig~kbuild-extend-menuconfig-for-modules-to-simplify-kconfig-file init/Kconfig
--- a/init/Kconfig~kbuild-extend-menuconfig-for-modules-to-simplify-kconfig-file
+++ a/init/Kconfig
@@ -845,9 +845,10 @@ menuconfig MODULES
If unsure, say Y.
+if MODULES
+
config MODULE_FORCE_LOAD
bool "Forced module loading"
- depends on MODULES
default n
help
Allow loading of modules without version information (ie. modprobe
@@ -856,7 +857,6 @@ config MODULE_FORCE_LOAD
config MODULE_UNLOAD
bool "Module unloading"
- depends on MODULES
help
Without this option you will not be able to unload any
modules (note that some modules may not be unloadable
@@ -875,7 +875,6 @@ config MODULE_FORCE_UNLOAD
config MODVERSIONS
bool "Module versioning support"
- depends on MODULES
help
Usually, you have to use modules compiled with your kernel.
Saying Y here makes it sometimes possible to use modules
@@ -886,7 +885,6 @@ config MODVERSIONS
config MODULE_SRCVERSION_ALL
bool "Source checksum for all modules"
- depends on MODULES
help
Modules which contain a MODULE_VERSION get an extra "srcversion"
field inserted into their modinfo section, which contains a
@@ -898,11 +896,12 @@ config MODULE_SRCVERSION_ALL
config KMOD
def_bool y
- depends on MODULES
help
This is being removed soon. These days, CONFIG_MODULES
implies CONFIG_KMOD, so use that instead.
+endif # MODULES
+
config STOP_MACHINE
bool
default y
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx are
origin.patch
kbuild-extend-menuconfig-for-modules-to-simplify-kconfig-file.patch
m32r-remove-the-unused-nohighmem-option.patch
xtensa-warn-about-including-asm-rwsemh-directly.patch
xtensa-use-newer-__spin_lock_unlocked-macro.patch
uml-remove-the-dead-tty_log-code.patch
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