netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: phy: Allow splitting MDIO bus/device support from PHYs

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Message-ID: <f4972545-d4f4-62bc-b705-d26ca856b798@gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 6 Feb 2017 16:23:24 -0800
From:   Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:     Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@...linux.org.uk>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net, andrew@...n.ch
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: phy: Allow splitting MDIO bus/device
 support from PHYs

On 02/06/2017 04:21 PM, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 06, 2017 at 04:11:12PM -0800, Florian Fainelli wrote:
>> Introduce a new configuration symbol: MDIO_DEVICE which allows building
>> the MDIO devices and bus code, without pulling in the entire Ethernet
>> PHY library and devices code.
>>
>> PHYLIB nows select MDIO_DEVICE and the relevant Makefile files are
>> updated to reflect that.
> 
> I think you've been a little too quick off the mark posting this -
> see my points raised in reply to your RFC.  This will cause problems
> when built as a module, not least the missing MODULE_LICENSE()s.
> 

Yes, good point, let me fix that.
-- 
Florian