netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/5] net: skbuff: hide wifi_acked when CONFIG

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Message-ID: <2f6476dd1bbb11120ec633852781f6c4d00016cb.camel@sipsolutions.net>
Date:   Tue, 18 Apr 2023 09:45:28 +0200
From:   Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, davem@...emloft.net
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, edumazet@...gle.com, pabeni@...hat.com,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/5] net: skbuff: hide wifi_acked when
 CONFIG_WIRELESS not set

On Mon, 2023-04-17 at 08:53 -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> Datacenter kernel builds will very likely not include WIRELESS,
> so let them shave 2 bits off the skb by hiding the wifi fields.

:-)

You could make this be CONFIG_MAC80211 if you wanted to, but I don't
mind CONFIG_WIRELESS and honestly they're probably pretty much
equivalent because there aren't many non-mac80211 drivers.

Acked-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>

johannes