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Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2007 04:23:08 +0100 From: Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org> To: David Brownell <david-b@...bell.net> Cc: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>, Toralf Förster <toralf.foerster@....de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: build #337 failed for 2.6.24-rc1-gb1d08ac In function `usbnet_set_settings': On Wed, Nov 07, 2007 at 06:53:48PM -0800, David Brownell wrote: > On Wednesday 07 November 2007, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 07, 2007 at 02:34:52PM -0800, David Brownell wrote: > > > > > But on the other hand, it seems that only the ASIX code will work > > > > > right; the DM9601 and MCS7830 Kconfig is different/wrong. > > > > > > > > I'm not seeing the problem. > > > > > > > > Which configuration will be handled wrongly? > > > > > > Notice how only the ASIX kconfig depended on NET_ETHERNET... > > > since MII depends on NET_ETHERNET, and (last I knew) the > > > reverse dependencies didn't capture the complete dependency > > > tree, selecting only MII would leave out some stuff. > > > > Except for one s390 net driver (I'll check why it's doing this) the > > NET_ETHERNET option does not influence what code is being generated - > > it's just a Kconfig-internal option allowing to disable a huge bunch > > of drivers at once. > > Drivers like ... AX88xxx, DM9601, and MCS7830!! Except as > it turns out, only the first one behaves as intended. > > You can tell it's a problem by the way it's inconsistent, > regardless of the details of the problem. :) I'm all for cleanups that make things consistent. :) As long as we can agree that there's a difference between a problem like a compile or runtime error and an opportunity for making things consistent. > - Dave cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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