netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] net: make driver settling time configurable

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Message-ID: <2619af18-257d-4673-b74b-206ed8b2527f@lunn.ch>
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2024 18:47:44 +0100
From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To: David <david@...idv.dev>
Cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] net: make driver settling time configurable

> Would it make sense to move this to a build-time configuration flag?
> 
> I do not have a gut-feeling for which behaviors should be configurable
> 
> at build vs run time.

If it is build time, it becomes the distribution problem to pick a
value.

Might be best to just bite the bullet, set it to 0, and fixup whatever
breaks.

	Andrew