Re: linux-next: Tree for December 28 (drivers/target/)

From: Randy Dunlap
Date: Tue Dec 28 2010 - 15:05:07 EST


On 12/28/10 11:38, Nicholas A. Bellinger wrote:
> On Tue, 2010-12-28 at 08:50 -0800, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>> On Tue, 28 Dec 2010 10:39:14 -0600 James Bottomley wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, 2010-12-28 at 08:29 -0800, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 28 Dec 2010 17:30:49 +1100 Stephen Rothwell wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>
>>>>> [The mirroring on kernel.org is running slowly]
>>>>>
>>>>> Changes since 20101227:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> warning: (TARGET_CORE && GFS2_FS) selects CONFIGFS_FS which has unmet direct dependencies (SYSFS)
>>>>
>>>> from:
>>>>
>>>> menuconfig TARGET_CORE
>>>> tristate "Generic Target Core Mod (TCM) and ConfigFS Infrastructure"
>>>> select CONFIGFS_FS
>>>>
>>>> but CONFIGFS_FS depends on SYSFS, so TARGET_CORE should either depend on SYSFS
>>>> or (eek) it should select SYSFS.
>>>
>>> The latter, I think (and actually, configfs should select sysfs). All
>>> these unmet dependencies are a minefield.
>>
>> It's just another language to deal with. Not a big deal, except for the
>> twists that EXPERIMENTAL injects into it.
>
> I agree with James on this one.. Attached is a patch to select SYSFS
> and fix up some extra whitespace breakage. (jlbec CC'ed)

and I am not surprised. James is a more liberal 'select'or than I am.

> Thanks,
>
> --nab
>
> diff --git a/fs/configfs/Kconfig b/fs/configfs/Kconfig
> index 13587cc..6874d75 100644
> --- a/fs/configfs/Kconfig
> +++ b/fs/configfs/Kconfig
> @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
> config CONFIGFS_FS
> tristate "Userspace-driven configuration filesystem"
> - depends on SYSFS
> + select SYSFS
> help
> - configfs is a ram-based filesystem that provides the converse
> - of sysfs's functionality. Where sysfs is a filesystem-based
> - view of kernel objects, configfs is a filesystem-based manager
> - of kernel objects, or config_items.
> + configfs is a ram-based filesystem that provides the converse

RAM-based

> + of sysfs's functionality. Where sysfs is a filesystem-based
> + view of kernel objects, configfs is a filesystem-based manager
> + of kernel objects, or config_items.
>
> - Both sysfs and configfs can and should exist together on the
> - same system. One is not a replacement for the other.
> + Both sysfs and configfs can and should exist together on the
> + same system. One is not a replacement for the other.
>
>


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