On Thu, 7 Dec 2006 06:59:52 -0500 (EST) Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>
> Rewrite the Fusion MPT Kconfig file so that all of MPT functionality
> is entirely selectable from "Device drivers."
>
> Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <[email protected]>
but I think that you should cc: the FUSION email addresses
that are listed in the MAINTAINERS file...
> ---
>
> The original Kconfig file seems to have an odd structure, as you can
> see from the first part of the file:
>
> ========================================================
> menu "Fusion MPT device support"
>
> config FUSION
> bool
> default n
>
> config FUSION_SPI
> tristate "Fusion MPT ScsiHost drivers for SPI"
> depends on PCI && SCSI
> select FUSION
> select SCSI_SPI_ATTRS
> ...
> ========================================================
>
> note how the majority of entries in that file don't directly
> *depend* on FUSION. instead, they depend on *external* config
> variables, and *select* FUSION, and this is not the only place i've
> noticed that kind of dependency wording.
>
> is that a regular feature? having that structure certainly makes it
> slightly more difficult to rewrite the menu entries, and it's not
> clear there's any obvious advantage to doing it that way.
>
>
> diff --git a/drivers/message/fusion/Kconfig b/drivers/message/fusion/Kconfig
> index ea31d84..b2da14d 100644
> --- a/drivers/message/fusion/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/message/fusion/Kconfig
> @@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
> -
> -menu "Fusion MPT device support"
> -
> -config FUSION
> - bool
> +menuconfig FUSION
> + bool "Fusion MPT device support"
> default n
>
> +if FUSION
> +
> config FUSION_SPI
> tristate "Fusion MPT ScsiHost drivers for SPI"
> depends on PCI && SCSI
> - select FUSION
> select SCSI_SPI_ATTRS
> ---help---
> SCSI HOST support for a parallel SCSI host adapters.
> @@ -23,7 +21,6 @@ config FUSION_SPI
> config FUSION_FC
> tristate "Fusion MPT ScsiHost drivers for FC"
> depends on PCI && SCSI
> - select FUSION
> select SCSI_FC_ATTRS
> ---help---
> SCSI HOST support for a Fiber Channel host adapters.
> @@ -40,7 +37,6 @@ config FUSION_FC
> config FUSION_SAS
> tristate "Fusion MPT ScsiHost drivers for SAS"
> depends on PCI && SCSI
> - select FUSION
> select SCSI_SAS_ATTRS
> ---help---
> SCSI HOST support for a SAS host adapters.
> @@ -100,4 +96,4 @@ config FUSION_LAN
>
> If unsure whether you really want or need this, say N.
>
> -endmenu
> +endif
> -
---
~Randy
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