netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v3 0/3] netpoll: add IPv6 support

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Message-Id: <20130103.192041.782458185484678551.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Thu, 03 Jan 2013 19:20:41 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	amwang@...hat.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3 0/3] netpoll: add IPv6 support

From: Cong Wang <amwang@...hat.com>
Date: Fri,  4 Jan 2013 11:14:30 +0800

> (Resend with a cover letter)
> 
> v3: fix CONFIG_IPV6=m case
> 
> v2: use bool for ipv6 flag
>     fix !CONFIG_IPV6 case
> 
> This patchset implements netpoll over IPv6.

Thanks for submitting this properly.

But disallowing ipv6 netpoll support when IPV6=m is an unacceptable
limitation, compiling IPV6 as a module is common and in fact
recommended.

We've solved problems like this before, by putting the needed ipv6
routines into a seperate library that is built statically into the
kernel when necessary.

You should use a similar approach here.

Thanks.
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