On Mon, 15 Feb 1999, Colin Wood wrote:

> davem@eastcoast.co.za wrote:
> > For e.g. what does "needs-flag" mean. 
> 
> from what i've managed to determine (and i'm probably managing to miss
> it's real purpose), the "needs-flag" makes sure that you have a file
> created by config named <device>.h, where <device>  is the name of the
> device which appears before the "needs-flag" qualifier.  this file will
> contain a line like:
> 
> #define N<DEVICE>	<num>
> 
> where <DEVICE> is the name of the device in all caps, and <num> is the
> number of devices configured into the kernel.  you can then wrap all of
> your device driver files by a sequence like:

I think that's what needs-count does. needs-flag should do almost the same
thing, but you get a define which is set if any such devices are
configured and cleared otherwise (i.e. it's a binary flag).

Take care,

Bill