netdev - Re: build #337 failed for 2.6.24-rc1-gb1d08ac In function `usbnet_set

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Message-ID: <20071107225232.GB26163@stusta.de>
Date:	Wed, 7 Nov 2007 23:52:32 +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 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.

cu
Adrian

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