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Re: [PATCH] platform/x86: never 'select DMI' from a driver

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On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 07:46:58AM -0800, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 4:13 AM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> wrote:
> > 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:
> 
> Darren, it may make sense for you to fold the DELL_LAPTOP change in.

Andy, I didn't quite follow you. Are you referring to this patch from Arnd, or
from the dell-smbios series from Michał?

I'm planning on merging both (Michał's is pending a v5).

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Darren Hart
Intel Open Source Technology Center

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[PATCH] platform/x86: never 'select DMI' from a driver Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2016-02-29 13:20 +0100
  Re: [PATCH] platform/x86: never 'select DMI' from a driver Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> - 2016-02-29 16:50 +0100
    Re: [PATCH] platform/x86: never 'select DMI' from a driver Darren Hart <dvhart@infradead.org> - 2016-03-01 00:10 +0100
      Re: [PATCH] platform/x86: never 'select DMI' from a driver Darren Hart <dvhart@infradead.org> - 2016-03-01 00:20 +0100
      Re: [PATCH] platform/x86: never 'select DMI' from a driver Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> - 2016-03-01 00:20 +0100
  Re: [PATCH] platform/x86: never 'select DMI' from a driver Darren Hart <dvhart@infradead.org> - 2016-03-01 00:20 +0100

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