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Date:	Wed, 1 Nov 2006 23:15:07 -0800
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	David Brownell <david-b@...bell.net>
Cc:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>, toralf.foerster@....de,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-usb-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	link@...gy.org, akpm@...l.org, zippel@...ux-m68k.org,
	torvalds@...l.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] usbnet: use MII hooks only if CONFIG_MII is enabled

On Wed, Oct 25, 2006 at 07:22:08PM -0700, David Brownell wrote:
> On Wednesday 25 October 2006 4:58 pm, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> > On Wed, 25 Oct 2006 15:27:09 -0700 David Brownell wrote:
> > 
> > > Instead, "usbnet.c" should #ifdef the relevant ethtool hooks
> > > according to CONFIG_MII ... since it's completely legit to
> > > use usbnet with peripherals that don't need MII.
> 
> I had in mind something simpler -- #ifdeffing the entire functions,
> as in this patch.  It looks more complicated than it is, because
> "diff" gets confused by moving two functions earlier in the file.
> 
> (Thanks for starting this, Randy ... these two patches should be merged
> before RC4 ships.)

Argh, there were just too many different versions of these patches
floating around.  Can you resend the final versions please?

thanks,

greg k-h
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