Re: [PATCH v4] kbuild: document recursive dependency limitation / resolution

From: Michal Marek
Date: Thu Oct 08 2015 - 09:37:52 EST


On Wed, Oct 07, 2015 at 04:16:33PM -0700, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@xxxxxxxx>
>
> Recursive dependency issues with kconfig are unavoidable due to
> some limitations with kconfig, since these issues are recurring
> provide a hint to the user how they can resolve these dependency
> issues and also document why such limitation exists.
>
> While at it also document a bit of future prospects of ways to
> enhance Kconfig, including providing formal semantics and evaluation
> of use of a SAT solver. If you're interested in this work or prospects
> of it check out the kconfig-sat project wiki [0] and mailing list [1].
>
> [0] http://kernelnewbies.org/KernelProjects/kconfig-sat
> [1] https://groups.google.com/d/forum/kconfig-sat
>
> Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: James Bottomley <jbottomley@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Josh Triplett <josh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Paul Bolle <pebolle@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Michal Marek <mmarek@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Mate Soos <soos.mate@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-kbuild@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-doc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@xxxxxxxx>

Applied to kbuild.git#kconfig, thanks.

Michal
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