netdev - Re: [PATCH net] tipc: not enable tipc when ipv6 works as a module

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Date:   Mon, 17 Aug 2020 11:49:09 -0700
From:   Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To:     Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>,
        Xin Long <lucien.xin@...il.com>
Cc:     network dev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jon Maloy <jmaloy@...hat.com>,
        Ying Xue <ying.xue@...driver.com>,
        tipc-discussion@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] tipc: not enable tipc when ipv6 works as a module

On 8/17/20 11:31 AM, Cong Wang wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 16, 2020 at 11:37 PM Xin Long <lucien.xin@...il.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 2:29 AM Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Or put it into struct ipv6_stub?
>> Hi Cong,
>>
>> That could be one way. We may do it when this new function becomes more common.
>> By now, I think it's okay to make TIPC depend on IPV6 || IPV6=n.
> 
> I am not a fan of IPV6=m, but disallowing it for one symbol seems
> too harsh.

Hi,

Maybe I'm not following you, but this doesn't disallow IPV6=m.

It just restricts how TIPC can be built, so that
TIPC=y and IPV6=m cannot happen together, which causes
a build error.

-- 
~Randy