Re: [PATCH net] net: Revert ARCNET and PHYLIB to tristate options

2011-11-25 Thread David Miller
From: Ben Hutchings Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2011 19:37:43 + > On Fri, 2011-11-25 at 13:50 -0500, David Miller wrote: >> From: Ben Hutchings >> Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2011 18:40:42 + >> >> > On Fri, 2011-11-25 at 13:22 -0500, David Miller wrote: >> >> Try allmodconfig for yourself. >> > >> > OK, o

Re: [PATCH net] net: Revert ARCNET and PHYLIB to tristate options

2011-11-25 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Fri, 2011-11-25 at 13:50 -0500, David Miller wrote: > From: Ben Hutchings > Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2011 18:40:42 + > > > On Fri, 2011-11-25 at 13:22 -0500, David Miller wrote: > >> Try allmodconfig for yourself. > > > > OK, on x86_64, this does end up with PHYLIB=y but only because > > NET_DSA

Re: [PATCH net] net: Revert ARCNET and PHYLIB to tristate options

2011-11-25 Thread David Miller
From: Ben Hutchings Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2011 18:40:42 + > On Fri, 2011-11-25 at 13:22 -0500, David Miller wrote: >> Try allmodconfig for yourself. > > OK, on x86_64, this does end up with PHYLIB=y but only because > NET_DSA=y. And I don't believe NET_DSA is appropriate for a distro > kernel.

Re: [PATCH net] net: Revert ARCNET and PHYLIB to tristate options

2011-11-25 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Fri, 2011-11-25 at 13:22 -0500, David Miller wrote: > From: Ben Hutchings > Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2011 14:07:51 + > > > Well, I can't think why it would be built in, since PHY modules can be > > auto-loaded now. > > It's because drivers select the thing. Drivers are also built as modules in

Re: [PATCH net] net: Revert ARCNET and PHYLIB to tristate options

2011-11-25 Thread David Miller
From: Ben Hutchings Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2011 14:07:51 + > Well, I can't think why it would be built in, since PHY modules can be > auto-loaded now. It's because drivers select the thing. Try allmodconfig for yourself. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with

Re: [PATCH net] net: Revert ARCNET and PHYLIB to tristate options

2011-11-25 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Fri, 2011-11-25 at 01:31 -0500, David Miller wrote: > From: Ben Hutchings > Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2011 07:23:30 + > > > Commit 88491d8103498a6166f70d502fec70924314 ("drivers/net: Kconfig > > & Makefile cleanup") changed the type of these options to bool, but > > they select code that could

Re: [PATCH net] net: Revert ARCNET and PHYLIB to tristate options

2011-11-24 Thread David Miller
From: Ben Hutchings Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2011 07:23:30 + > Commit 88491d8103498a6166f70d502fec70924314 ("drivers/net: Kconfig > & Makefile cleanup") changed the type of these options to bool, but > they select code that could (and still can) be built as modules. > > Signed-off-by: Ben Hutch

[PATCH net] net: Revert ARCNET and PHYLIB to tristate options

2011-11-23 Thread Ben Hutchings
Commit 88491d8103498a6166f70d502fec70924314 ("drivers/net: Kconfig & Makefile cleanup") changed the type of these options to bool, but they select code that could (and still can) be built as modules. Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings --- I consider the inability to build arcnet.o and libphy.o as m