netdev - Re: [PATCH] ptp_pch: depends on PCI

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Date:	Sat, 25 May 2013 23:11:29 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	kyle@...hat.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, richardcochran@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ptp_pch: depends on PCI

From: Kyle McMartin <kyle@...hat.com>
Date: Sat, 25 May 2013 12:55:07 -0400

> It's only accessible via PCI, but has no dependencies, so it ends up
> being selected on s390 where a bunch of primitives only exist if
> CONFIG_PCI=y (such as {request,free}_irq)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kyle McMartin <kyle@...hat.com>

I've already told the s390 people they have to fix this properly.

They have to provide stubs for request_irq() et al. when CONFIG_PCI
is not enabled.

This Kconfig change is therefore not appropriate.
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