Re: 2.6.23-git Kconfig regression

["Jan Beulich" <jbeulich@novell.com>]

I'll try to, but it may take some time. Jan

>>> Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> 10/20/07 6:50 PM >>>
Jan - I assume you will look into this.

And thanks to David/Randy for narrowing this down.

Thanks,

	Sam

On Fri, Oct 19, 2007 at 09:25:55PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 
> 
> On Fri, 19 Oct 2007, David Brownell wrote:
> 
> > > My (quick, meaning that I may have missed something) testing
> > > indicates that the problem is in the patches attached.
> > 
> > Yes, reverting this seems to resolve the problem:
> > 
> > > a5bf3d891a6a0fb5aa122792d965e3774108b923
> > >
> > > Change kconfig behavior so that mixing bool and tristate config settings in
> > > a choice is possible and has the desired effect of offering just the
> > > tristate options individually if the choice gets set to M, and a normal
> > > boolean selection if the choice gets set to Y.
> > 
> > Reverting this patch also fixes a second problem that I didn't
> > mention:  various dependent options couldn't be enabled.
> > 
> > Again in drivers/usb/gadget/Kconfig, examples include the
> > ability to configure the Ethernet gadget to act as an RNDIS
> > peripheral; or enabling Mass Storage gadget debug options.
> > 
> > 
> > Good sleuthing, and thanks!
> > 
> > Now we just need to see that patch reverted before RC1... I don't
> > know how Linus deals with all his LKML mail, so I cc'd him in
> > the hope that direct messages get through a bit faster.
> 
> Ok, I'll revert it, but wanted to make sure that the parties that pushed 
> the change are aware of this.
> 
> 		Linus 

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