Re: /drivers/char/Kconfig Bug Kernel Patch

2016-12-13 Thread Greg KH
On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 02:42:18PM -0800, Max Bires wrote: > On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 1:37 PM, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > > > > On Tuesday, December 13, 2016 1:30:39 PM CET Max Bires wrote: > > > While trying to turn off the port device in defconfig, I ran into a bug > > > caused by the fact that the K

Re: /drivers/char/Kconfig Bug Kernel Patch

2016-12-13 Thread Max Bires
On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 1:37 PM, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > > On Tuesday, December 13, 2016 1:30:39 PM CET Max Bires wrote: > > While trying to turn off the port device in defconfig, I ran into a bug > > caused by the fact that the Kconfig for port didn't have a string after the > > bool declaration.

Re: /drivers/char/Kconfig Bug Kernel Patch

2016-12-13 Thread Josh Triplett
> From c4a21c2ac0c587094000a3daeb13eec6056dc63f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > From: Max > Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2016 15:16:47 -0800 > Subject: [PATCH] char: lack of bool string made CONFIG_DEVPORT always on > > Without a bool string present, using "# CONFIG_DEVPORT is not set" in > defconfig files would

Re: /drivers/char/Kconfig Bug Kernel Patch

2016-12-13 Thread Arnd Bergmann
On Tuesday, December 13, 2016 1:30:39 PM CET Max Bires wrote: > While trying to turn off the port device in defconfig, I ran into a bug > caused by the fact that the Kconfig for port didn't have a string after the > bool declaration. I fixed this in the attached patch (though I figure the > descrip