[yocto] How to correctly understand "selects" and "selected by" in menuconfig to properly configure the kernel?

[Khem Raj]

On Sun, Jan 14, 2018 at 6:49 AM, Nguyễn Thanh Vũ <ngthanh.vu94 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm currently trying to remove the networking components from the kernel
> using menuconfig. However, it seems that there are a lot of dependencies
> when I choose to exclude the networking component (error when bitbake build
> after reconfiguring). I think it has something to do with the "selects" and
> selected by". Please tell me if I'm wrong here:
> - If we select a component, the modules in "selects" section will
> automatically be selected to . So, how about when we deselect a component,
> will those modules be automatically deselected?
> - How about the modules in "selected by" when we select or deselect a
> component?
>

usually, menuconfig enforces dependencies if you let it regenerate a defconfig
after editing, however, without knowing what changes you are doing its
hard to speculate what might be going on

> Thanks,
> Vu.
>
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