netdev - Re: [RFC] Make board force selection of PHYLIB

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Date:	Tue, 03 Jun 2008 10:56:59 -0500
From:	Scott Wood <scottwood@...escale.com>
To:	Kumar Gala <galak@...nel.crashing.org>
CC:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, adrian.bunk@...ial.fi,
	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>, linuxppc-dev@...abs.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] Make board force selection of PHYLIB

Kumar Gala wrote:
> I see.  However, I don't like the idea I have to build in the PHYLIB
> if I don't need it at all.

Understood, but in practice I don't think the 10K or so matters that
much on a typical 85xx board, and if the user really needs to trim
things down, they always have the option of manually ripping the phy
stuff out.

> It seems like the type of breakage you are talking about exists today
> all over the place.

It exists in a few places, but it's not that common, and often it's 
obvious what went wrong when the module won't load because some kernel 
hook didn't get built.  It's not a huge deal, but I'd rather avoid 
introducing another instance.

-Scott
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