From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from az33egw01.freescale.net (az33egw01.freescale.net [192.88.158.102]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "az33egw01.freescale.net", Issuer "Thawte Premium Server CA" (verified OK)) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 260FDDDF02 for ; Wed, 4 Jun 2008 01:57:11 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <484569CB.9090104@freescale.com> Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2008 10:56:59 -0500 From: Scott Wood MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Kumar Gala Subject: Re: [RFC] Make board force selection of PHYLIB References: <484419EE.5040503@garzik.org> <1E4EB64C-0618-497E-AABC-74EB7D74B97F@kernel.crashing.org> <48442239.7090906@garzik.org> <83820D83-487C-4586-9867-F4226A87A276@freescale.com> <48445851.4090105@garzik.org> <095F258F-72DD-4F27-A457-A57D9FAA1E76@kernel.crashing.org> <48448020.5020407@freescale.com> <48455EEA.3040909@freescale.com> <57B740A4-A3E0-4D93-A5D9-77B14C6E9E92@kernel.crashing.org> <484560C0.2080607@freescale.com> <484564EA.8050706@freescale.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, Jeff Garzik , adrian.bunk@movial.fi List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Kumar Gala wrote: > I see. However, I don't like the idea I have to build in the PHYLIB > if I don't need it at all. Understood, but in practice I don't think the 10K or so matters that much on a typical 85xx board, and if the user really needs to trim things down, they always have the option of manually ripping the phy stuff out. > It seems like the type of breakage you are talking about exists today > all over the place. It exists in a few places, but it's not that common, and often it's obvious what went wrong when the module won't load because some kernel hook didn't get built. It's not a huge deal, but I'd rather avoid introducing another instance. -Scott