linux-kernel - Re: + usbnet-needs-mii.patch added to -mm tree

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Message-Id: <20061030075248.93cc7612.randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Date:	Mon, 30 Oct 2006 07:52:48 -0800
From:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dbrownell@...rs.sourceforge.net
Cc:	akpm@...l.org, mm-commits@...r.kernel.org, arnd@...db.de,
	dhollis@...ehollis.com, greg@...ah.com, jeff@...zik.org,
	oliver@...kum.name
Subject: Re: + usbnet-needs-mii.patch added to -mm tree

On Sun, 29 Oct 2006 23:27:41 -0800 akpm@...l.org wrote:

> 
> The patch titled
>      usbnet needs mii
> has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
>      usbnet-needs-mii.patch
> 
> See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find
> out what to do about this
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------
> Subject: usbnet needs mii
> From: Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
> 
> For mii_nway_restart() and other such things.
> 
> Cc: Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
> Cc: Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> Cc: David Hollis <dhollis@...ehollis.com>
> Cc: Oliver Neukum <oliver@...kum.name>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
> ---
> 
>  drivers/usb/net/Kconfig |    1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff -puN drivers/usb/net/Kconfig~usbnet-needs-mii drivers/usb/net/Kconfig
> --- a/drivers/usb/net/Kconfig~usbnet-needs-mii
> +++ a/drivers/usb/net/Kconfig
> @@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ config USB_RTL8150
>  
>  config USB_USBNET
>  	tristate "Multi-purpose USB Networking Framework"
> +	depends on MII
>  	---help---
>  	  This driver supports several kinds of network links over USB,
>  	  with "minidrivers" built around a common network driver core
> _

David Brownell submitted a desired patch for this.
Not quite as simple (this one is like one that I did).

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~Randy
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