netdev - Re: [PATCH 5/5] Net: ath5k, kconfig changes

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Date:	Fri, 31 Aug 2007 07:58:51 -0400
From:	Dan Williams <dcbw@...hat.com>
To:	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>
Cc:	Nick Kossifidis <mickflemm@...il.com>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] Net: ath5k, kconfig changes

On Thu, 2007-08-30 at 08:36 -0400, John W. Linville wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 30, 2007 at 04:38:09AM +0300, Nick Kossifidis wrote:
> > 2007/8/28, Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>:
> 
> > > Also this whole patch seems rather pointless.  It saves only
> > > very little and turns the driver into a complete ifdef maze.
> 
> > Also most
> > people will use 5212 code only, 5211 cards are on some old laptops and
> > 5210, well i couldn't even find  a 5210 for actual testing :P
> 
> FWIW, I'd bet dollars to donuts that distros will enable them all
> together.

I would certainly _hope_ that distros enable everything -that is in the
kernel- that they can get their hands on, otherwise when you stick a
card in, it doesn't just work.

Dan

> Is saving code space the only reason to turn these off?  How much
> space do you save?
> 
> Is there some way you can isolate and/or limit the number of ifdef
> blocks further?  If so, we might consider a version of this patch
> that depends on EMBEDDED or somesuch...?
> 
> John

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