Re: [PATCH] new kconfig goodies

Roman Zippel (zippel@linux-m68k.org)
Tue, 13 May 2003 17:27:30 +0200 (CEST)


Hi,

On 13 May 2003, Miles Bader wrote:

> > I have the following two entries in my Kconfig file (arch/v850/Kconfig):
> >
> > config RTE_CB_MULTI
> > bool
> > # RTE_CB_NB85E can either have multi ROM support or not, but
> > # other platforms (currently only RTE_CB_MA1) require it.
> > prompt "Multi monitor ROM support" if RTE_CB_NB85E
> > depends RTE_CB
> > default y
> >
> > config RTE_CB_MULTI_DBTRAP
> > bool "Pass illegal insn trap / dbtrap to kernel"
> > depends RTE_CB_MULTI
> > default n
> >
> > What I expect this to do is to only ask the first question (RTE_CB_MULTI)
> > if RTE_CB_NB85E is true and otherwise just assume true -- this part
> > seems to work correctly -- but to _always_ ask the second question
> > (RTE_CB_MULTI_DBTRAP) as long as its dependencies are true.

With the new patch this will work. The effect is basically the same as if
you would add "enable RTE_CB_MULTI" to RTE_CB_MA1 - RTE_CB_MULTI is
visible but you cannot change it.
BTW you can remove the "default n" line, this is the default anyway, so
it has no effect.

bye, Roman

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