[alsa-devel] Kernel config issue: SND_HDA_RECONFIG depends on SND_HDA_HWDEP

[Jochen Henneberg]

On Mo, 2016-05-09 at 14:42 +0200, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> Basically, the reconfig itself may be performed without hwdep in the
> recent version, e.g. triggered by the patch firmware.  So, the commit
> decoupled the hwdep and the reconfig parts individually.  If people
> needs the manual reconfig via sysfs, it still needs SND_HDA_HWDEP,
> yes.  But it's not mandatory for doing the reconfig via patch.
> 
> That said, reverting the kconfig dependency doesn't sound right in
> this case.  Instead, we need to correct and enhance the help text in
> Kconfig for avoiding the misunderstanding.
> 
> Does the patch below clarify enough?
> 

That's fine. It will help build custom kernels like I have to do.

Thanks.
-Jochen