linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5] Gemini: Gigabit ethernet driver

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Date:	Sat, 5 Feb 2011 14:19:01 +0100
From:	Michał Mirosław <mirq-linux@...e.qmqm.pl>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5] Gemini: Gigabit ethernet driver

On Wed, Feb 02, 2011 at 06:18:14PM +0100, Michał Mirosław wrote:
> If I make it buildable (NOT working) on other archs is it enough I add
> Kconfig dependency on (ARCH_GEMINI || BROKEN) to allow it to be
> build-tested there?

Hmm. CONFIG_BROKEN is not easily selectable anymore, so it's unlikely
that many people will even know about it. What's the correct way to
make a driver be built but not installed by default? I can use:

default m if ARCH_GEMINI
default n

But that will make it get installed on x86 allmodconfig even if it
won't ever work there - so will pollute modules for other arches
unless distribution managers remember that not every driver built
needs to be included.

Best Regards,
Michał Mirosław

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