Re: [PATCH] Re: request_firmware() hotplug interface, third round and a halve

[Sam Ravnborg]

On Wed, May 21, 2003 at 08:52:12PM +0200, Manuel Estrada Sainz wrote:
>  
>  Maybe kbuild could allow forcing one option from another, a companion
>  for 'depends', lets call it 'hard_depends'
> 
> 	 depends FOO
> 		If FOO is not there the entry won't even be shown in the
> 		menu.
> 	 hard_depends FOO 
> 		FOO gets set to satisfy the dependency.
> 

Roman Zippel introduced: "enable" in his latest Kconfig goodies:
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=105274692328723&w=2

Would that be usefull for you?
This would allow you to set CONFIG_LOADER for the drivers that
really needs it.

IIRC this is not included in Linus-BK yet.

	Sam