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@@ -164,9 +164,10 @@ This Kconfig entry must:
* be visible only if ``CONFIG_KUNIT_ALL_TESTS`` is not enabled.
* have a default value of ``CONFIG_KUNIT_ALL_TESTS``.
* have a brief description of KUnit in the help text.
-
-If we are not able to meet above conditions (for example, the test is unable to
-be built as a module), Kconfig entries for tests should be tristate.
+* depend on the feature being tested, rather than selecting it (so that
+ enabling ``CONFIG_KUNIT_ALL_TESTS`` does not enable unrelated functionality).
+* be ``tristate``, unless there is a specific reason that the test cannot be
+ built as a module.
For example, a Kconfig entry might look like: