[LinuxPPS] bug in kernel config

[Rodolfo Giometti]

On Wed, Feb 07, 2007 at 08:45:26AM -0600, Jon Schewe wrote:
> 
> But serial core is set in a whole different menu (when I do make
> menuconfig, the 8250 serial support option only shows up under PPS when
> PPS is build directly into the kernel), so it's really confusing.  I had
> no idea that I would need to go over to the serial options and make them
> a module instead of built directly into the kernel to allow PPS support.
> Could there be some kind of warning or compile error if one enables PPS
> as a module and doesn't enable the appropriate serial modules?

Compile errors are not allowed for kernel inclusion. All possible
cases should be resolved at configuration time.

> Otherwise you get your kernel built and spend some time trying to figure
> out why PPS isn't working.

Maybe adding some help lines? Or trying to use the directive "select"
into configuration menu...

Ciao,

Rodolfo

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