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Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:34:01 -0700 (PDT)
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
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Subject: Re: [patch] e1000=y && e1000e=m regression fix
On Fri, 11 Apr 2008, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
>
> As a start we could do two driver keyed off a single Kconfig variable.
> And then find a way to get users informed that they might need to
> enabled the other one
I think that's a great solution.
Here's a suggested patch. Not much tested, but it's fairly obvious.
It basically makes one top-level config option (E1000) to pick the driver
at all, and two sub-options (E1000_PCI and E1000_PCIE) that you can choose
between.
If you pick E1000 support, you're given the choice between "PCI only",
"PCI-E only" or "support both", and that will then pick the right
combination of support for E1000_PCI and E1000_PCIE.
This also does imply that you cannot mix the "module-ness" of the two
drivers, because you choose whether the E1000 support (in general) is
going to be a module or built-in, and that choice will automatically
affect the sub-choices.
I do think that this makes the whole driver status much more obvious.
(It does mean that if you chose E1000E before, and chose _not_ to support
E1000 at all, you will now not even be asked about PCI-E support, because
you've effectively said "no" to E1000 support in the first place. If we
want to avoid that, then the top-level E1000 config variable should
probably be renamed to E1000_SUPPORT or something like that).
Linus
---
drivers/net/Kconfig | 52 +++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------
drivers/net/Makefile | 4 +-
drivers/net/e1000/Makefile | 2 +-
drivers/net/e1000e/Makefile | 2 +-
4 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/Kconfig b/drivers/net/Kconfig
index 3a0b20a..6968e20 100644
--- a/drivers/net/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/Kconfig
@@ -1979,9 +1979,35 @@ config E1000
To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
will be called e1000.
+choice
+ prompt "E1000 bus type support"
+ depends on E1000
+ default E1000_BOTH
+ help
+ Choose PCI or PCI-E support for E1000 driver
+
+config E1000_PCI_ONLY
+ bool "Support only older E1000 PCI cards"
+
+config E1000_PCIE_ONLY
+ bool "Support newer E1000 PCI-E cards"
+
+config E1000_BOTH
+ bool "Support all E1000 cards"
+
+endchoice
+
+config E1000_PCI
+ tristate
+ default E1000 && !E1000_PCIE_ONLY
+
+config E1000_PCIE
+ tristate
+ default E1000 && !E1000_PCI_ONLY
+
config E1000_NAPI
bool "Use Rx Polling (NAPI)"
- depends on E1000
+ depends on E1000_PCI
help
NAPI is a new driver API designed to reduce CPU and interrupt load
when the driver is receiving lots of packets from the card. It is
@@ -1995,35 +2021,13 @@ config E1000_NAPI
config E1000_DISABLE_PACKET_SPLIT
bool "Disable Packet Split for PCI express adapters"
- depends on E1000
+ depends on E1000_PCI
help
Say Y here if you want to use the legacy receive path for PCI express
hardware.
If in doubt, say N.
-config E1000E
- tristate "Intel(R) PRO/1000 PCI-Express Gigabit Ethernet support"
- depends on PCI
- ---help---
- This driver supports the PCI-Express Intel(R) PRO/1000 gigabit
- ethernet family of adapters. For PCI or PCI-X e1000 adapters,
- use the regular e1000 driver For more information on how to
- identify your adapter, go to the Adapter & Driver ID Guide at:
-
- <http://support.intel.com/support/network/adapter/pro100/21397.htm>
-
- For general information and support, go to the Intel support
- website at:
-
- <http://support.intel.com>
-
- To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
- will be called e1000e.
-
-config E1000E_ENABLED
- def_bool E1000E != n
-
config IP1000
tristate "IP1000 Gigabit Ethernet support"
depends on PCI && EXPERIMENTAL
diff --git a/drivers/net/Makefile b/drivers/net/Makefile
index 3b1ea32..c1bead0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/net/Makefile
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
# Makefile for the Linux network (ethercard) device drivers.
#
-obj-$(CONFIG_E1000) += e1000/
-obj-$(CONFIG_E1000E) += e1000e/
+obj-$(CONFIG_E1000_PCI) += e1000/
+obj-$(CONFIG_E1000_PCIE) += e1000e/
obj-$(CONFIG_IBM_EMAC) += ibm_emac/
obj-$(CONFIG_IBM_NEW_EMAC) += ibm_newemac/
obj-$(CONFIG_IGB) += igb/
diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000/Makefile b/drivers/net/e1000/Makefile
index 4a6ab15..431052b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/e1000/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/net/e1000/Makefile
@@ -30,6 +30,6 @@
# Makefile for the Intel(R) PRO/1000 ethernet driver
#
-obj-$(CONFIG_E1000) += e1000.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_E1000_PCI) += e1000.o
e1000-objs := e1000_main.o e1000_hw.o e1000_ethtool.o e1000_param.o
diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000e/Makefile b/drivers/net/e1000e/Makefile
index 650f866..a1e977e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/e1000e/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/net/e1000e/Makefile
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
# Makefile for the Intel(R) PRO/1000 ethernet driver
#
-obj-$(CONFIG_E1000E) += e1000e.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_E1000_PCIE) += e1000e.o
e1000e-objs := 82571.o ich8lan.o es2lan.o \
lib.o phy.o param.o ethtool.o netdev.o
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