linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] Fix build error caused by broken PCH

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Date:	Tue, 16 Oct 2012 16:17:21 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	bhutchings@...arflare.com
Cc:	richardcochran@...il.com, haicheng.li@...ux.intel.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, tshimizu818@...il.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, haicheng.lee@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] Fix build error caused by broken PCH_PTP module
 dependency.

From: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2012 21:09:27 +0100

> I think the various kconfig options should be changed as follows:
> 
> 1. Only PTP_1588_CLOCK selects PPS.
> 2. Nothing depends on EXPERIMENTAL.  (This stuff has been in for 18
>    months and it's even being backported to RHEL 6 now.)
> 3. Either:
>    (a) The per-driver PHC options select nothing, and the driver options
>        do e.g.:
> 	select PTP_1588_CLOCK if IGB_PTP
>    (b) The per-driver PHC options are removed and the driver options do:
> 	select PTP_1588_CLOCK
>        (i.e. PHC support is unconditional)
> 
> Any objections to this, or preference for (a) vs (b)?

No objections, prefer (b).
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