[Re: [PATCH net-next] ibm emac: delete module references; phy.c only supported
as built-in] On 27/02/2012 (Mon 14:57) David Miller wrote:
> From: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortma...@windriver.com>
> Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 14:47:04 -0500
>
> > The Makefile has it as "ibm_emac-y := mal.o core.o phy.o" so there is
> > no way this can be built modular, so remove all references to module
> > support.
>
> That doesn't mean it's only buildable statically.
>
> "ibm_emacs-y :=" is merely a way to tell make what objects go into
> ibm_emac.{o,ko}
>
> IBM_EMAC is tristate
Argh, yes. Sorry for the noise. Since phy.c doesn't call any modular
functionality directly, the patch "worked" and I didn't catch the
error in my reasoning.
Paul.
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