netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: phy: Allow splitting MDIO bus/device support from PHYs

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Tue, 7 Feb 2017 00:21:43 +0000
From:   Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@...linux.org.uk>
To:     Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net, andrew@...n.ch
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: phy: Allow splitting MDIO bus/device
 support from PHYs

On Mon, Feb 06, 2017 at 04:11:12PM -0800, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> Introduce a new configuration symbol: MDIO_DEVICE which allows building
> the MDIO devices and bus code, without pulling in the entire Ethernet
> PHY library and devices code.
> 
> PHYLIB nows select MDIO_DEVICE and the relevant Makefile files are
> updated to reflect that.

I think you've been a little too quick off the mark posting this -
see my points raised in reply to your RFC.  This will cause problems
when built as a module, not least the missing MODULE_LICENSE()s.

-- 
RMK's Patch system: http://www.armlinux.org.uk/developer/patches/
FTTC broadband for 0.8mile line: currently at 9.6Mbps down 400kbps up
according to speedtest.net.