> -----Original Message----- > From: James Bottomley [mailto:james.bottom...@hansenpartnership.com] > Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2016 11:22 AM > To: KY Srinivasan <k...@microsoft.com>; Olaf Hering <o...@aepfle.de> > Cc: gre...@linuxfoundation.org; linux-ker...@vger.kernel.org; > de...@linuxdriverproject.org; oher...@suse.com; > jbottom...@parallels.com; h...@infradead.org; linux-s...@vger.kernel.org; > a...@canonical.com; vkuzn...@redhat.com; jasow...@redhat.com; > martin.peter...@oracle.com; h...@suse.de > Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] scsi: storvsc: Fix a build issue reported by kbuild > test > robot > > On Thu, 2016-01-28 at 19:07 +0000, KY Srinivasan wrote: > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Olaf Hering [mailto:o...@aepfle.de] > > > Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2016 7:56 AM > > > To: KY Srinivasan <k...@microsoft.com> > > > Cc: gre...@linuxfoundation.org; linux-ker...@vger.kernel.org; > > > de...@linuxdriverproject.org; oher...@suse.com; > > > jbottom...@parallels.com; h...@infradead.org; > > > linux-s...@vger.kernel.org; > > > a...@canonical.com; vkuzn...@redhat.com; jasow...@redhat.com; > > > martin.peter...@oracle.com; h...@suse.de > > > Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] scsi: storvsc: Fix a build issue reported > > > by kbuild test > > > robot > > > > > > On Wed, Jan 27, K. Y. Srinivasan wrote: > > > > > > > + depends on SCSI_FC_ATTRS > > > > > > I think 'depends' instead of 'select' will cause HYPERV_STORAGE to > > > disapepar during make oldconfig if SCSI_FC_ATTRS was not set > > > before. > > > Not sure what the policy of 'depends' vs. 'select' actually is. > > > If > > > SCSI_FC_ATTRS is supposed to be a library kind of thing then > > > 'select' > > > might be the correct way. > > > > The current build issue is because the Hyper-V storage is configured > > to be built with > > the kernel while the SCSI_FC_AATRS is configured as a module. This > > patch fixes that issue. > > I too am not sure what the policy of using "depends" vs " select" is. > > James, what would be your recommendation here. > > Oh, you don't care if FC_ATTRS are enabled, but if they are you need to > exclude the case where storvsc is built in but FC_ATTRS is a module? > This is the accepted way of doing it: > > depends on m || SCSI_FC_ATTRS != m
Thanks James, I will resubmit this patch with the change you have recommended. K. Y _______________________________________________ devel mailing list de...@linuxdriverproject.org http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel
