netdev - Re: [PATCH -next] net: i40e: fix build, depends on CONFIGFS

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Date:	Tue, 03 Mar 2015 12:23:56 -0800
From:	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	rdunlap@...radead.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux.nics@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH -next] net: i40e: fix build, depends on CONFIGFS_FS

On Tue, 2015-03-03 at 15:02 -0500, David Miller wrote:
> From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
> Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2015 11:35:38 -0800
> 
> > From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
> > 
> > i40e uses configfs interfaces so it should depend on CONFIGFS_FS.
> > 
> > Fixes these build errors:
> > 
> > drivers/built-in.o: In function `i40e_cfgfs_group_make_item':
> > i40e_configfs.c:(.text+0x2fcdca): undefined reference to `config_item_init_type_name'
> > drivers/built-in.o: In function `i40e_configfs_init':
> > (.text+0x2fcee6): undefined reference to `config_group_init'
> > drivers/built-in.o: In function `i40e_configfs_init':
> > (.text+0x2fcf0c): undefined reference to `configfs_register_subsystem'
> > drivers/built-in.o: In function `i40e_configfs_exit':
> > (.text+0x2fcf71): undefined reference to `configfs_unregister_subsystem'
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
> 
> Intel guys, I am furiously mad.
> 
> I've told you guys a thousand times to use portable, reasonable
> mechanisms to configure your hardware.  Using facilities that can
> be used for other cards from other vendors with similar facilities.
> 
> If such portable netdevice configuration frameworks do not exist,
> create it.
> 
> Every time you make a device specific mechanism for configuration,
> a small kitten dies somewhere in the world.
> 
> Please remove all of this configfs crap for twiddling bandwidth
> et al. knobs, before I do it for you.

Sorry Dave, I did not see the configfs changes as being in the same boat
as some of the debugfs changes which were unacceptable.

I am working with Greg Rose and Jesse Brandeburg to address your
concerns with these recent changes.

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