Hi Guenter, On May 14, 2014, at 6:18 AM, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> On 05/14/2014 06:03 AM, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: >> On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 12:08 PM, Grant Likely >> <grant.lik...@secretlab.ca> wrote: >>>> +config OF_OVERLAY >>>> + bool "OF overlay support" >>>> + depends on OF >>>> + select OF_DYNAMIC >>>> + select OF_DEVICE >>>> + select OF_RESOLVE >>>> + help >>>> + OpenFirmware overlay support. Allows you to modify on runtime the >>>> + live tree using overlays. >>> >>> Should not be a user-visable option. Drivers using it should select it >> >> Why not? It's up to the (final) user to use it, or not. >> >>> or otherwise cause it to be enabled. >> >> Why should this be driver-specific? Shouldn't this just work with all >> drivers? >> > > It does once enabled. > > I think what Grant refers to is that there has to be a driver which implements > the actual overlay insertion and removal (ie calls the new API functions), > and that the Kconfig option for this driver should select OF_OVERLAY > instead of depending on it. > That makes sense. > Guenter > Regards -- Pantelis -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
