Hi,
On Monday 22 October 2007, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Another common idiom that we see (and sometimes have problems
> with) is this:
>
> When B (module or subsystem) uses interfaces from A (module or
> subsystem), A can be linked statically into the kernel image or
> can be built as loadable module(s). This limits how B can be
> built. If A is linked statically into the kernel image, B can be
> built statically or as loadable module(s). However, if A is built
> as loadable module(s), then B must be restricted to loadable
> module(s) also. This can be expressed in kconfig language as:
>
> config B
> depends on A = y || A = B
What you describe is a simple "depends on A" and your example won't work
because it adds a recursive dependency.
bye, Roman
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