On Mon, Apr 6, 2020 at 3:02 PM Michael S. Tsirkin <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Apr 06, 2020 at 02:50:32PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > On Mon, Apr 6, 2020 at 2:12 PM Michael S. Tsirkin <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > +config VHOST_DPN
> > > + bool "VHOST dependencies"
> > > + depends on !ARM || AEABI
> > > + default y
> > > + help
> > > + Anything selecting VHOST or VHOST_RING must depend on VHOST_DPN.
> > > + This excludes the deprecated ARM ABI since that forces a 4 byte
> > > + alignment on all structs - incompatible with virtio spec
> > > requirements.
> > > +
> >
> > This should not be a user-visible option, so just make this 'def_bool
> > !ARM || AEABI'
> >
>
> I like keeping some kind of hint around for when one tries to understand
> why is a specific symbol visible.
I meant you should remove the "VHOST dependencies" prompt, not the
help text, which is certainly useful here. You can also use the three lines
bool
depends on !ARM || AEABI
default y
in front of the help text, but those are equivalent to the one-line version
I suggested.
Arnd
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