netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 3/3] net: Add missing dependencies on NETDEVICES

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Date:	Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:37:17 +0100
From:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, linux-cris-kernel@...s.com,
	Chad Williamson <chad@...c.us>,
	Daniel Cotey <puff65537@...sheeslibrary.com>,
	devel@...verdev.osuosl.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 3/3] net: Add missing dependencies on NETDEVICES

On Tue, 2013-06-18 at 03:37 +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> ETRAX_ETHERNET selects ETHERNET and MII, which depend on NETDEVICES.
> I don't think anything should select NETDEVICES, so make it a
> dependency.  It also doesn't need to select or depend on ETHERNET,
> which has nothing to do with the Ethernet library functions.
> 
> BPCTL selects MII, which depends on NETDEVICES.  But everything in the
> drivers/staging/silicom directory is related to net devices, so make
> NET_VENDOR_SILICOM depend on NETDEVICES and remove the now-redundant
> dependencies on NET.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
> ---
> There are still a few staging dr
...ivers that are for net devices, yet don't depend on NETDEVICES.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Humans are not rational beings; they are rationalising beings.

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