From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
To: Dragan Simic <dsimic@manjaro.org>
Cc: Jose Ignacio Tornos Martinez <jtornosm@redhat.com>,
UNGLinuxDriver@microchip.com, davem@davemloft.net,
edumazet@google.com, f.fainelli@gmail.com,
gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, kuba@kernel.org,
linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, lucas.demarchi@intel.com,
masahiroy@kernel.org, mcgrof@kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
pabeni@redhat.com, woojung.huh@microchip.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: usb: lan78xx: add weak dependency with micrel phy module
Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2024 22:57:56 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3a6ef66a-e98f-44df-9fef-3b26bede4c07@lunn.ch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <98d200777d62dc9b447557b2758613e5@manjaro.org>
> In other words, this patch doesn't subtract anything. Instead, it just
> adds a weakdep link between the lan78xx and micrel modules, so the kernel
> itself can report that dependency, which may actually result in one more
> PHY driver added to a generated initial ramdisk.
So at the moment, does the initramfs contain all PHY modules? I guess
it does, because you have no knowledge which are actually needed. And
this does not help you in any way, as you said, it does not subtract
anything.
So to me, this is pointless.
Andrew
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-07-28 20:58 UTC|newest]
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2024-07-25 6:50 ` [PATCH] net: usb: lan78xx: add weak dependency with micrel phy module Lucas De Marchi
2024-07-25 9:53 ` Paolo Abeni
2024-07-26 11:33 ` Andrew Lunn
2024-07-26 12:15 ` Jose Ignacio Tornos Martinez
2024-07-26 20:59 ` Andrew Lunn
2024-07-27 17:15 ` Dragan Simic
2024-07-27 23:29 ` Andrew Lunn
2024-07-28 14:10 ` Dragan Simic
2024-07-28 19:45 ` Andrew Lunn
2024-07-28 20:46 ` Dragan Simic
2024-07-28 20:57 ` Andrew Lunn [this message]
2024-07-29 4:43 ` Dragan Simic
2024-07-29 6:13 ` Greg KH
2024-07-29 6:29 ` Dragan Simic
2024-07-29 8:34 ` Jose Ignacio Tornos Martinez
2024-07-29 9:28 ` Dragan Simic
2024-07-29 12:32 ` Jose Ignacio Tornos Martinez
2024-07-29 18:56 ` Andrew Lunn
2024-07-30 7:55 ` Jose Ignacio Tornos Martinez
2024-07-28 7:37 ` Masahiro Yamada
2024-07-28 9:53 ` Dragan Simic
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