Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] drivers: cleanup Kconfig stuff

From: felipe.contreras@xxxxxxxxx
Date: Wed Oct 20 2010 - 04:53:23 EST


On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 10:46 AM, Roger Quadros <roger.quadros@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 10/19/2010 05:33 PM, ext Felipe Contreras wrote:
>> On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 4:40 PM, Roger Quadros<roger.quadros@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Âwrote:
>>>>
>>>> @@ -843,6 +841,7 @@ config USB_CDC_COMPOSITE
>>>> Âconfig USB_G_NOKIA
>>>> Â Â Â Âtristate "Nokia composite gadget"
>>>> Â Â Â Âdepends on PHONET
>>>> + Â Â Â depends on USB_GADGET_MUSB_HDRC
>>>
>>> This is wrong. Is there a build problem or run-time problem without this?
>>
>> Try:
>> CONFIG_USB_G_NOKIA=y
>> CONFIG_USB_GADGET_MUSB_HDRC=n
>>
>> At least g_nokia doesn't seem to work correctly on my N900.
>>
> It won't work on N900 because N900 has MUSB USB gadget controller and it
> needs to be selected somehow while building for N900.
>
> You should set CONFIG_USB_GADGET_MUSB_HDRC to y somewhere else while
> building for N900 and not here because g_nokia is not MUSB specific.

How do you expect people to know that? The Kconfig should define what
USB_G_NOKIA needs to work, so that people can enable those things
without go Googling hunting for a workable defconfig. Right now people
can build g_nokia modules that don't work, and that shouldn't be
allowed by the Kconfig.

--
Felipe Contreras
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