netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net: Revert ARCNET and PHYLIB to tristate options

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Date:	Fri, 25 Nov 2011 15:05:41 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	ben@...adent.org.uk
Cc:	jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	debian-kernel@...ts.debian.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: Revert ARCNET and PHYLIB to tristate options

From: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2011 19:37:43 +0000

> On Fri, 2011-11-25 at 13:50 -0500, David Miller wrote:
>> From: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
>> Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2011 18:40:42 +0000
>> 
>> > On Fri, 2011-11-25 at 13:22 -0500, David Miller wrote:
>> >> Try allmodconfig for yourself.
>> > 
>> > OK, on x86_64, this does end up with PHYLIB=y but only because
>> > NET_DSA=y.  And I don't believe NET_DSA is appropriate for a distro
>> > kernel.
>> 
>> Do you think we can modularize the NET_DSA reference somehow?
> 
> Maybe, but I just don't care about DSA.  It requires platform data to
> work, so AFAICS it's only useful in a custom kernel for some platform
> that has one of the supported chips.

As far as I understand it, that's not true in the case of device tree,
which can instantiate the platform information dynamically.

And, in any event, having only one specific case force PHYLIB to 'y' is
at best disappointing.
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