netdev - Re: Re: [PATCH V4 net-bugfixs] net/ethernet: Update ret when ptp

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Date:   Thu, 12 Nov 2020 15:27:35 -0800
From:   Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>
Cc:     王擎 <wangqing@...o.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Grygorii Strashko <grygorii.strashko@...com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Samuel Zou <zou_wei@...wei.com>,
        Kurt Kanzenbach <kurt@...utronix.de>,
        Ivan Khoronzhuk <ivan.khoronzhuk@...aro.org>,
        Networking <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Re: [PATCH V4 net-bugfixs] net/ethernet: Update ret when
 ptp_clock is ERROR

On Thu, Nov 12, 2020 at 10:21:21PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> I agree that the 'imply' keyword in Kconfig is what made this a
> lot worse, and it would be best to replace that with normal
> dependencies.

IIRC, this all started with tinification and wanting dynamic posix
clocks to be optional at compile time.

I would like to simplify this whole mess:

- restore dynamic posix clocks to be always included

- make PHC always included when the MAC has that feature (by saying
  "select" in the MAC Kconfig) -- I think this is what davem had
  wanted back in the day ...

I'm not against tinification in principle, but I believe it is a lost
cause.

Thanks,
Richard