netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] eth: mlx5: remove Kconfig co-dependency with VXLAN

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Message-ID: <aK-xs-EwJ15kfuqu@x130>
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2025 18:32:35 -0700
From: Saeed Mahameed <saeed@...nel.org>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc: davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org, edumazet@...gle.com,
	pabeni@...hat.com, andrew+netdev@...n.ch, horms@...nel.org,
	saeedm@...dia.com, leon@...nel.org, tariqt@...dia.com,
	mbloch@...dia.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] eth: mlx5: remove Kconfig co-dependency with
 VXLAN

On 27 Aug 16:43, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
>mlx5 has a Kconfig co-dependency on VXLAN, even tho it doesn't
>call any VXLAN function (unlike mlxsw). Perhaps this dates back
>to very old days when tunnel ports were fetched directly from
>VXLAN.
>
>Remove the dependency to allow MLX5=y + VXLAN=m kernel configs.
>But still avoid compiling in the lib/vxlan code if VXLAN=n.
>
>Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>

Nice improvement, Thanks!

Reviewed-by: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...dia.com>