Fix the SSB dependency hell
Subsystems (4)
PATCH 1/1 Fix the SSB dependency hell
This fixes the SSB dependency hell and introduces some fake-options that only give some advice on what to select.
We live with these fake options only until menuconfig is able to tell more about needed dependencies and how to resolve them.
Cc Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by Michael Buesch <[email protected]>
drivers/net/Kconfig +24 -5
@@ -1452,10 +1452,31 @@ config APRICOT <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module will be called apricot. +config B44_DEP_HACK + bool + depends on SSB && SSB_PCIHOST && SSB_DRIVER_PCICORE + default y + +config B44_ADVICE_HACK + bool "B44 for PCI not available. Read the help text of this option!" + depends on !B44_DEP_HACK + ---help--- + The Broadcom 440x/47xx driver for PCI devices can not be enabled, + because the required dependencies are not selected. + + In order to be able to select the Broadcom 440x/47xx PCI driver, you + need to enable the following options first: + + CONFIG_SSB found in menu: + Device Drivers/Sonics Silicon Backplane/Sonics Silicon Backplane support + CONFIG_SSB_PCIHOST found in menu: + Device Drivers/Sonics Silicon Backplane/Support for SSB on PCI-bus host + CONFIG_SSB_DRIVER_PCICORE found in menu: + Device Drivers/Sonics Silicon Backplane/SSB PCI core driver + config B44 tristate "Broadcom 440x/47xx ethernet support" - depends on HAS_IOMEM - select SSB + depends on SSB select MII help If you have a network (Ethernet) controller of this type, say Y
@@ -1473,9 +1494,7 @@ config B44 config B44_PCI bool "Broadcom 440x PCI device support" - depends on B44 && NET_PCI - select SSB_PCIHOST - select SSB_DRIVER_PCICORE + depends on B44 && SSB_PCIHOST && SSB_DRIVER_PCICORE && NET_PCI default y help Support for Broadcom 440x PCI devices.
drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx-mac80211/Kconfig +29 -12
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drivers/ssb/Kconfig +9 -9
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ menu "Sonics Silicon Backplane" config SSB tristate "Sonics Silicon Backplane support" - depends on EXPERIMENTAL && HAS_IOMEM + depends on HAS_IOMEM help Support for the Sonics Silicon Backplane bus
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ config SSB_PCIHOST If unsure, say Y config SSB_PCMCIAHOST - bool "Support for SSB on PCMCIA-bus host" - depends on SSB && PCMCIA + bool "Support for SSB on PCMCIA-bus host (EXPERIMENTAL)" + depends on SSB && PCMCIA && EXPERIMENTAL help Support for a Sonics Silicon Backplane on top of a PCMCIA device.
@@ -65,14 +65,14 @@ config SSB_DRIVER_PCICORE If unsure, say Y config SSB_PCICORE_HOSTMODE - bool "Hostmode support for SSB PCI core" - depends on SSB_DRIVER_PCICORE && SSB_DRIVER_MIPS + bool "Hostmode support for SSB PCI core (EXPERIMENTAL)" + depends on SSB_DRIVER_PCICORE && SSB_DRIVER_MIPS && EXPERIMENTAL help PCIcore hostmode operation (external PCI bus). config SSB_DRIVER_MIPS - bool "SSB Broadcom MIPS core driver" - depends on SSB && MIPS + bool "SSB Broadcom MIPS core driver (EXPERIMENTAL)" + depends on SSB && MIPS && EXPERIMENTAL select SSB_SERIAL help Driver for the Sonics Silicon Backplane attached
@@ -81,8 +81,8 @@ config SSB_DRIVER_MIPS If unsure, say N config SSB_DRIVER_EXTIF - bool "SSB Broadcom EXTIF core driver" - depends on SSB_DRIVER_MIPS + bool "SSB Broadcom EXTIF core driver (EXPERIMENTAL)" + depends on SSB_DRIVER_MIPS && EXPERIMENTAL help Driver for the Sonics Silicon Backplane attached Broadcom EXTIF core.