Hi, On Monday 22 October 2007, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Another common idiom that we see (and sometimes have problems > with) is this: > > When B (module or subsystem) uses interfaces from A (module or > subsystem), A can be linked statically into the kernel image or > can be built as loadable module(s). This limits how B can be > built. If A is linked statically into the kernel image, B can be > built statically or as loadable module(s). However, if A is built > as loadable module(s), then B must be restricted to loadable > module(s) also. This can be expressed in kconfig language as: > > config B > depends on A = y || A = B What you describe is a simple "depends on A" and your example won't work because it adds a recursive dependency. bye, Roman - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
