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

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Date:   Mon, 17 Aug 2020 15:20:29 -0700
From:   Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        lucien xin <lucien.xin@...il.com>,
        Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        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 Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 2:39 PM David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:
>
> From: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
> Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2020 13:59:46 -0700
>
> > Is this a new Kconfig feature? ipv6_stub was introduced for
> > VXLAN, at that time I don't remember we have such kind of
> > Kconfig rules, otherwise it would not be needed.
>
> The ipv6_stub exists in order to allow the troublesome
> "ipv6=m && feature_using_ipv6=y" combination.

Hmm, so "IPV6=m && TIPC=y" is not a concern here as you pick
this patch over adding a ipv6_stub?

Thanks.