netdev - [PATCH] dimlib: make DIMLIB a hidden symbol

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Date:   Fri, 20 Sep 2019 15:31:15 +0200
From:   Uwe Kleine-König <uwe@...ine-koenig.org>
To:     Tal Gilboa <talgi@...lanox.com>,
        Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] dimlib: make DIMLIB a hidden symbol

According to Tal Gilboa the only benefit from DIM comes from a driver
that uses it. So it doesn't make sense to make this symbol user visible,
instead all drivers that use it should select it (as is already the case
AFAICT).

Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <uwe@...ine-koenig.org>
---
 lib/Kconfig | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/Kconfig b/lib/Kconfig
index cc04124ed8f7..9fe8a21fd183 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig
+++ b/lib/Kconfig
@@ -555,8 +555,7 @@ config SIGNATURE
 	  Implementation is done using GnuPG MPI library
 
 config DIMLIB
-	bool "DIM library"
-	default y
+	bool
 	help
 	  Dynamic Interrupt Moderation library.
 	  Implements an algorithm for dynamically change CQ moderation values
-- 
2.23.0