On Mon, May 07, 2001 at 09:56:18PM -0400, Eric S. Raymond wrote: > Tom Rini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Only sort-of. There are some cases where you can get away with > > that. Probably. eg If you ask for PARPORT, on x86 that means yes > > to PARPORT_PC, always (right?) > > Yes. So the right answer there isn't to use a derivation but to say: > > require X86 and PARPORT implies PARPORT_PC > unless X86==n suppress PARPORT_PC > > which forces PARPORT_PC==y and makes the question invisible on X86 > machines, but leaves the question visible on all others. Yes, but there are quite a lot of people who don't want parport/serial/whatever compiled into their kernels at all, eventhough they have an x86. Think low-memory systems or similar. /David _ _ // David Weinehall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> /> Northern lights wander \\ // Project MCA Linux hacker // Dance across the winter sky // \> http://www.acc.umu.se/~tao/ </ Full colour fire </ _______________________________________________ kbuild-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kbuild-devel
- [kbuild-devel] Re: CML2 design philosophy heads-up Alan Cox
- [kbuild-devel] Re: CML2 design philosophy heads-up Tom Rini
- [kbuild-devel] Re: CML2 design philosophy heads-up Eric S. Raymond
- [kbuild-devel] Re: CML2 design philosophy heads-up Eric S. Raymond
- [kbuild-devel] Re: CML2 design philosophy heads-up Eric S. Raymond
- [kbuild-devel] Re: CML2 design philosophy heads-... Rogier Wolff
- [kbuild-devel] Re: CML2 design philosophy heads-up Alan Cox
- [kbuild-devel] Re: CML2 design philosophy heads-... Eric S. Raymond
- [kbuild-devel] Re: CML2 design philosophy heads-up David Weinehall
- [kbuild-devel] Re: CML2 design philosophy heads-... Eric S. Raymond
- [kbuild-devel] Re: CML2 design philosophy heads-up Jamie Lokier
- [kbuild-devel] Re: CML2 design philosophy heads-up Tom Rini
- [kbuild-devel] Re: CML2 design philosophy heads-up Jes Sorensen
- [kbuild-devel] Re: CML2 design philosophy heads-up Eric S. Raymond
- [kbuild-devel] Re: CML2 design philosophy heads-up Jes Sorensen
- [kbuild-devel] Re: CML2 design philosophy heads-up Eric S. Raymond
- [kbuild-devel] Re: CML2 design philosophy heads-up Pavel Machek
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