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Date:	Tue, 20 Jul 2010 22:41:23 -0700
From:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	sfr@...b.auug.org.au, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-next@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	buytenh@...tstofly.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH -next] net: NET_DSA depends on NET_ETHERNET

On 07/20/10 17:45, David Miller wrote:
> From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
> Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:03:32 -0700
> 
>> From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
>>
>> NET_DSA code selects and uses PHYLIB code, but PHYLIB depends on
>> NET_ETHERNET.  However, "select" does not follow kconfig dependencies,
>> so explicitly list that requirement here instead.
>>
>> Fixes this kconfig warning:
>>
>> warning: (NET_DSA && NET && EXPERIMENTAL && !S390 ...) selects PHYLIB which has unmet direct dependencies (!S390 && NET_ETHERNET)
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
> 
> Randy, this has been fixed in net-2.6 for some time now.

OK, I did see the commit get merged today.

> And I'm pretty sure I sent a copy of this to you when I
> checked it in :-)

I missed it somehow.  Thanks.

> --------------------
> From 336a283b9cbe47748ccd68fd8c5158f67cee644b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
> Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2010 20:03:42 -0700
> Subject: [PATCH 09/24] dsa: Fix Kconfig dependencies.
> 
> Based upon a report by Randy Dunlap.
> 
> DSA needs PHYLIB, but PHYLIB needs NET_ETHERNET.  So, in order
> to select PHYLIB we have to make DSA depend upon NET_ETHERNET.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
> ---
>  net/dsa/Kconfig |    2 +-
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/dsa/Kconfig b/net/dsa/Kconfig
> index c51b554..1120178 100644
> --- a/net/dsa/Kconfig
> +++ b/net/dsa/Kconfig
> @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
>  menuconfig NET_DSA
>  	bool "Distributed Switch Architecture support"
>  	default n
> -	depends on EXPERIMENTAL && !S390
> +	depends on EXPERIMENTAL && NET_ETHERNET && !S390
>  	select PHYLIB
>  	---help---
>  	  This allows you to use hardware switch chips that use


-- 
~Randy
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