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Re: [PATCH] macsec: fix crypto Kconfig dependency

From Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH] macsec: fix crypto Kconfig dependency
Date 2016-04-18 23:50 +0200
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Hi Dave,

On Mon, 18 Apr 2016 12:43:16 -0400 (EDT) David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> wrote:
>
> From: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
> Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2016 18:43:36 +0800
> 
> > Right, the problem is that nothing within crypto ever selects
> > CRYPTO since it's also used as a way of hiding the crypto menu
> > options.  
> 
> As far as I understand it, this won't help.  Because selects do not
> trigger other selects and dependencies.

My understanding is that selects trigger other selects, but do not
honour dependencies.  So, in general, you should not select a symbol
that has dependencies (unless you also have the same dependencies or
select those dependencies).

-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell

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[PATCH] macsec: fix crypto Kconfig dependency Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2016-04-17 11:30 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] macsec: fix crypto Kconfig dependency David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> - 2016-04-18 01:00 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] macsec: fix crypto Kconfig dependency Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> - 2016-04-18 10:10 +0200
    Re: [PATCH] macsec: fix crypto Kconfig dependency Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2016-04-18 12:30 +0200
      Re: [PATCH] macsec: fix crypto Kconfig dependency Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> - 2016-04-18 12:50 +0200
        Re: [PATCH] macsec: fix crypto Kconfig dependency Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2016-04-18 13:10 +0200
        Re: [PATCH] macsec: fix crypto Kconfig dependency David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> - 2016-04-18 18:50 +0200
          Re: [PATCH] macsec: fix crypto Kconfig dependency Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> - 2016-04-18 23:50 +0200
    Re: [PATCH] macsec: fix crypto Kconfig dependency David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> - 2016-04-18 18:10 +0200

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