Re: [tipc-discussion] [PATCH net] tipc: not enable tipc when ipv6 works as a module

[David M. <da...@da...>]

From: Cong Wang <xiy...@gm...>
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2020 11:55:55 -0700

> On Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 11:49 AM Randy Dunlap <rd...@in...> wrote:
>>
>> It just restricts how TIPC can be built, so that
>> TIPC=y and IPV6=m cannot happen together, which causes
>> a build error.
> 
> It also disallows TIPC=m and IPV6=m, right?

That combination is allowed.

The whole "X || X=n" construct means X must be off or equal to the
value of the Kconfig entry this dependency is for.

Thus you'll see "depends IPV6 || IPV6=n" everywhere.