Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > > On Mon, 22 May 2000, Jeff Garzik wrote: > > Ethan Benson wrote: > > > the correct solution is for the config script to filter out the x86 > > > options as soon as you answer `PowerMac' for CPU type. no need for > > > this lame make pmac_config kludge. > > > > Agreed. For example if you know of an x86-only driver, then that > > driver's Config.in line should look like > > > > old: > > # x86-only driver appears in PPC > > tristate 'my driver' CONFIG_MYDRIVER > > > > new: > > dep_tristate 'my driver' CONFIG_MYDRIVER $CONFIG_X86 > > > > > > Note1: The newly-added dep_mbool, and existing dep_bool, replace ugly > > and long Config.in 'if' statements with a single line. > > > > Note2: The dep_xxx functions REQUIRE that a symbol be defined. An > > empty string does NOT equal "n", as many people often assume. This is > > why you will find, for example, CONFIG_ISA and CONFIG_SBUS defined to > > "n" in non-PC or non-SPARC architectures. > > Time to add > > CONFIG_ZORRO=n > CONFIG_NUBUS=n > CONFIG_DIO=n > > where appropriate.
Anybody up for such a patch? -- Jeff Garzik | Liberty is always dangerous, but Building 1024 | it is the safest thing we have. MandrakeSoft, Inc. | -- Harry Emerson Fosdick
