CONFIG_DMI is a user-selectable Kconfig symbol that some drivers depend on. As part of a recent patch, other drivers started adding a 'select' for the same symbol, which now causes a recursive dependency: drivers/gpio/Kconfig:34:error: recursive dependency detected! subsection "Kconfig recursive dependency limitations" drivers/gpio/Kconfig:34: symbol GPIOLIB is selected by GEOS For a resolution refer to Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt subsection "Kconfig recursive dependency limitations" arch/x86/Kconfig:2591: symbol GEOS depends on DMI For a resolution refer to Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt subsection "Kconfig recursive dependency limitations" arch/x86/Kconfig:815: symbol DMI is selected by DELL_LAPTOP For a resolution refer to Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt subsection "Kconfig recursive dependency limitations" drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig:104: symbol DELL_LAPTOP depends on BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE For a resolution refer to Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt subsection "Kconfig recursive dependency limitations" drivers/video/backlight/Kconfig:158: symbol BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE is selected by FB_BACKLIGHT For a resolution refer to Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt subsection "Kconfig recursive dependency limitations" drivers/video/fbdev/Kconfig:192: symbol FB_BACKLIGHT is selected by FB_SSD1307 For a resolution refer to Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt subsection "Kconfig recursive dependency limitations" drivers/video/fbdev/Kconfig:2462: symbol FB_SSD1307 depends on GPIOLIB Basically we should either always use 'depends on' or always use 'select' to avoid this kind of loop. Using 'depends on' is more useful here, as it still allows users to turn off the symbol of they really want to, without having to track down every driver selecting it. Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> Fixes: cbd9d95b2b27 ("dell-wmi, dell-laptop: select DMI") --- drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig b/drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig index 659e13b1e6f0..a65d974f387a 100644 --- a/drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/Kconfig @@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ config DELL_LAPTOP tristate "Dell Laptop Extras" depends on X86 depends on DELL_SMBIOS + depends on DMI depends on BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE depends on ACPI_VIDEO || ACPI_VIDEO = n depends on RFKILL || RFKILL = n @@ -112,7 +113,6 @@ config DELL_LAPTOP select POWER_SUPPLY select LEDS_CLASS select NEW_LEDS - select DMI default n ---help--- This driver adds support for rfkill and backlight control to Dell @@ -121,10 +121,10 @@ config DELL_LAPTOP config DELL_WMI tristate "Dell WMI extras" depends on ACPI_WMI + depends on DMI depends on INPUT depends on ACPI_VIDEO || ACPI_VIDEO = n select INPUT_SPARSEKMAP - select DMI ---help--- Say Y here if you want to support WMI-based hotkeys on Dell laptops. -- 2.7.0 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe platform-driver-x86" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html