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Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:11:06 -0500 From: Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com> To: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com> Cc: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, dwmw2@...radead.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, thomas.petazzoni@...e-electrons.com, jeff@...zik.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [patch 12/12] Configure out ethtool support On Thu, 2008-07-31 at 08:59 -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > I have no problem with an embedded CONFIG_ETHTOOL that normal users > can ignore. Just don't expect the network developers to fix things > that are broken when CONFIG_ETHTOOL is not enabled. I.e if embedded > build is broken it is your problem. menuconfig EMBEDDED bool "Configure standard kernel features (for small systems)" help This option allows certain base kernel options and settings to be disabled or tweaked. This is for specialized environments which can tolerate a "non-standard" kernel. Only use this if you really know what you are doing. If you think that disclaimer needs to be bigger, let me know. -- Mathematics is the supreme nostalgia of our time. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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