[alsa-devel] [patch] snd-pcsp: relax dependancy on CONFIG_INPUT

[Adrian Bunk]

On Fri, May 09, 2008 at 02:38:46AM +0400, Stas Sergeev wrote:
> Hello.
> 
> Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > And your patches breaks the compilation with CONFIG_SND_PCSP=y, 
> > CONFIG_INPUT=m if anyone will ever try this combination.
> OK, that's nasty indeed...
> Then I guess it is not a big deal
> to leave that dependancy as-is until
> the real need in changing it appear.
> 
> Btw, is there really no way at all
> to tell kconfig something like
> depends on INPUT if SND_PCSP_INPUT
> or similar?

There are different ways how you could express this in kconfig
depending on what exactly would be intended.

But the stuff we already have in kconfig has enough problematic 
cornercases, and making anything more complicated IMHO requires
a justification that there's a real need for it.

cu
Adrian

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