netdev - Re: [wpan-next 2/4] net: mac802154: Include the softMAC stack inside the IEEE 802.15.4 menu

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Message-ID: <CAB_54W40ZU9kNxiGG+PpNfMtZzwaz-Er81y1WvMVvG1JGDPm7w@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Sun, 30 Jan 2022 15:55:05 -0500
From:   Alexander Aring <alex.aring@...il.com>
To:     Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>
Cc:     Stefan Schmidt <stefan@...enfreihafen.org>,
        linux-wpan - ML <linux-wpan@...r.kernel.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        "open list:NETWORKING [GENERAL]" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org Wireless" 
        <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
        David Girault <david.girault@...vo.com>,
        Romuald Despres <romuald.despres@...vo.com>,
        Frederic Blain <frederic.blain@...vo.com>,
        Nicolas Schodet <nico@...fr.eu.org>,
        Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...tlin.com>
Subject: Re: [wpan-next 2/4] net: mac802154: Include the softMAC stack inside
 the IEEE 802.15.4 menu

Hi,

On Wed, Jan 19, 2022 at 7:43 PM Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com> wrote:
>
> From: David Girault <david.girault@...vo.com>
>
> The softMAC stack has no meaning outside of the IEEE 802.15.4 stack and
> cannot be used without it.
>

that's why there is a "depends on" in there.

> Signed-off-by: David Girault <david.girault@...vo.com>
> [miquel.raynal@...tlin.com: Isolate this change from a bigger commit]
> Signed-off-by: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>
> ---
>  net/Kconfig            | 1 -
>  net/ieee802154/Kconfig | 1 +
>  2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/net/Kconfig b/net/Kconfig
> index 0da89d09ffa6..a5e31078fd14 100644
> --- a/net/Kconfig
> +++ b/net/Kconfig
> @@ -228,7 +228,6 @@ source "net/x25/Kconfig"
>  source "net/lapb/Kconfig"
>  source "net/phonet/Kconfig"
>  source "net/6lowpan/Kconfig"
> -source "net/mac802154/Kconfig"
>  source "net/sched/Kconfig"
>  source "net/dcb/Kconfig"
>  source "net/dns_resolver/Kconfig"
> diff --git a/net/ieee802154/Kconfig b/net/ieee802154/Kconfig
> index 31aed75fe62d..7e4b1d49d445 100644
> --- a/net/ieee802154/Kconfig
> +++ b/net/ieee802154/Kconfig
> @@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ config IEEE802154_SOCKET
>           for 802.15.4 dataframes. Also RAW socket interface to build MAC
>           header from userspace.
>
> +source "net/mac802154/Kconfig"
>  source "net/ieee802154/6lowpan/Kconfig"

The next person in a year will probably argue "but wireless do source
of wireless/mac80211 in net/Kconfig... so this is wrong".
To avoid this issue maybe we should take out the menuentry here and do
whatever wireless is doing without questioning it?

- Alex