netdev - Re: [PATCH] ice: require PTP clock for building

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Message-Id: <acd2ae60-2afb-42f5-8bdc-92eae1f77ddb@app.fastmail.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2023 07:30:45 +0200
From: "Arnd Bergmann" <arnd@...db.de>
To: "Jacob Keller" <jacob.e.keller@...el.com>,
 "Arnd Bergmann" <arnd@...nel.org>,
 "Brandeburg, Jesse" <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>,
 "Nguyen, Anthony L" <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>
Cc: "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
 "Eric Dumazet" <edumazet@...gle.com>, "Jakub Kicinski" <kuba@...nel.org>,
 "Paolo Abeni" <pabeni@...hat.com>,
 "Kubalewski, Arkadiusz" <arkadiusz.kubalewski@...el.com>,
 "Michalik, Michal" <michal.michalik@...el.com>,
 "Jiri Pirko" <jiri@...nulli.us>, "Hay, Joshua A" <joshua.a.hay@...el.com>,
 "Vadim Fedorenko" <vadim.fedorenko@...ux.dev>,
 "intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org" <intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org>,
 Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
 "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ice: require PTP clock for building

On Mon, Sep 25, 2023, at 23:49, Keller, Jacob E wrote:
>> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
>> 
>> I tried rearranging the code to allow building it again, but this was getting
>> too complicated for an outsider, so just enforce the dependency to fix randconfig
>> builds again, until someone wants to clean this up again.
>> 
> https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20230921000633.1238097-1-jacob.e.keller@intel.com/
>
> My method keeps the PTP dependency optional and instead disables the 
> features that required PTP.
>

Ok, that's clearly better than mine then.

     Arnd