netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] ibm emac: delete module references; phy.c only supported as built-in

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Date:	Mon, 27 Feb 2012 14:57:53 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	paul.gortmaker@...driver.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, benh@...nel.crashing.org,
	linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, jwboyer@...il.com,
	mporter@...nel.crashing.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] ibm emac: delete module references; phy.c
 only supported as built-in

From: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 14:47:04 -0500

> The Makefile has it as "ibm_emac-y := mal.o core.o phy.o" so there is
> no way this can be built modular, so remove all references to module
> support.

That doesn't mean it's only buildable statically.

"ibm_emacs-y :=" is merely a way to tell make what objects go into ibm_emac.{o,ko}

IBM_EMAC is tristate
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