netdev - Re: NETPOLL=y , NETDEVICES=n compile error ( Re: 2.6.23-rc1-mm1 )

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Date:	Tue, 31 Jul 2007 14:47:25 +0200
From:	Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@...pl>
To:	Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@...driver.com>
Cc:	Gabriel C <nix.or.die@...glemail.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	amitkale@...syssoft.com
Subject: Re: NETPOLL=y , NETDEVICES=n compile error ( Re: 2.6.23-rc1-mm1 )

On Tue, Jul 31, 2007 at 06:44:52AM -0500, Jason Wessel wrote:
...
> kgdboe is completely useless without a network card that has a polling 
> driver.  It seems to me that the simple and easy fix is to set it to 
> depend on NETDEVICES but allow it to use select on NETPOLL.

Maybe I miss your point but polling drivers don't need NETPOLL
to work (unless you need netconsole). But I don't know if there
is any easy method to check such driver's dependency with select.

Jarek P.
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